#401A8E#401A8E

#401A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.173 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401A8E
RGB	rgb(64, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(260, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.94, 45.34, -56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.94, 72.70, 308.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35.63% 0.0571 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(35.63% 0.173 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3648, 3.7814, 25.9278)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401A8E #688E1A

analogous

#1A2E8E #401A8E #7A1A8E

triadic

#401A8E #8E401A #1A8E40

tetradic

#401A8E #8E1A2E #688E1A #1A8E7A

square

#401A8E #8E1A2E #688E1A #1A8E7A

split-complementary

#401A8E #8E7A1A #2E8E1A

monochromatic

#110727 #29115A #401A8E #5723C2 #7745DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#401A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#401A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401A8E

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401A8E	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.173 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5cb0',
    500: '#401a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401a8e;
$custom-light: #7e5cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.655,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35633,
    "c": 0.17316,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401A8E

secondary

#97BE45

accent

#EC3CB2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #401A8E

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

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