#401A9E#401A9E

#401A9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.191 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401A9E
RGB	rgb(64, 26, 158)
HSL	hsl(257, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 83.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.63, 49.80, -63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.63, 81.02, 307.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.0515 -0.1841)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.191 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6534, 4.2969, 32.7145)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401A9E #789E1A

analogous

#1A369E #401A9E #821A9E

triadic

#401A9E #9E401A #1A9E40

tetradic

#401A9E #9E1A36 #789E1A #1A9E82

square

#401A9E #9E1A36 #789E1A #1A9E82

split-complementary

#401A9E #9E821A #369E1A

monochromatic

#150935 #2B1169 #401A9E #5523D3 #7A50E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#401A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#401A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401A9E

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401A9E	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 26, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.191 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815dbc',
    500: '#401a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401a9e;
$custom-light: #815dbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.273,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37308,
    "c": 0.19117,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401A9E

secondary

#A3C54F

accent

#EE39BA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #401A9E

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

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