#401B5E#401B5E

#401B5E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.115 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401B5E
RGB	rgb(64, 27, 94)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 71.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.72, 31.57, -32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.72, 45.60, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(31.32% 0.0681 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(31.32% 0.115 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.5262, 2.6820, 10.8667)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401B5E #395E1B

analogous

#1E1B5E #401B5E #5E1B5A

triadic

#401B5E #5E401B #1B5E40

tetradic

#401B5E #5E1E1B #395E1B #1B5A5E

square

#401B5E #5E1E1B #395E1B #1B5A5E

split-complementary

#401B5E #5A5E1B #1B5E1E

monochromatic

#100718 #200D2E #401B5E #60298E #8136BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.67

#401B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#401B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401B5E

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401B5E	1.00	13.67	1.54	13.67
#FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#092E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 27, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.115 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785a8c',
    500: '#401b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401b5e;
$custom-light: #785a8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.134,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31315,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401B5E

secondary

#669441

accent

#DF498C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #401B5E

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

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