#401978#401978

#401978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.149 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401978
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.60, 39.66, -46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.60, 61.34, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(33.35% 0.0648 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(33.35% 0.149 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8512, 3.1412, 18.0637)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401978 #517819

analogous

#192178 #401978 #6F1978

triadic

#401978 #784019 #197840

tetradic

#401978 #781921 #517819 #19786F

square

#401978 #781921 #517819 #19786F

split-complementary

#401978 #786F19 #217819

monochromatic

#0E0519 #250E45 #401978 #5B24AB #7736D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#401978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#401978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401978

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401978	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.149 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5aa0',
    500: '#401978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401978;
$custom-light: #7b5aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.632,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33346,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401978

secondary

#80AD40

accent

#E83FA3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #401978

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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