#401B59#401B59

#401B59 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.109 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401B59
RGB	rgb(64, 27, 89)
HSL	hsl(276, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.34, 30.25, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.34, 42.73, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(30.92% 0.0686 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(30.92% 0.109 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.3091, 2.5952, 9.7232)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401B59 #34591B

analogous

#211B59 #401B59 #591B53

triadic

#401B59 #59401B #1B5940

tetradic

#401B59 #59211B #34591B #1B5359

square

#401B59 #59211B #34591B #1B5359

split-complementary

#401B59 #53591B #1B5921

monochromatic

#110717 #1E0D2A #401B59 #622988 #8437B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#401B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#401B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401B59

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401B59	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2837

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 27, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.109 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775a88',
    500: '#401b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401b59;
$custom-light: #775a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.806,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30921,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401B59

secondary

#608F41

accent

#DD4B86

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040B

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #401B59

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

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