#401B8D#401B8D

#401B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.171 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401B8D
RGB	rgb(64, 27, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 80.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.99, 44.61, -56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.99, 71.70, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.64% 0.0567 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(35.64% 0.171 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3126, 3.7966, 25.5416)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401B8D #688D1B

analogous

#1B2F8D #401B8D #791B8D

triadic

#401B8D #8D401B #1B8D40

tetradic

#401B8D #8D1B2F #688D1B #1B8D79

square

#401B8D #8D1B2F #688D1B #1B8D79

split-complementary

#401B8D #8D791B #2F8D1B

monochromatic

#110726 #29115A #401B8D #5725C0 #7747DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#401B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#401B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401B8D

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401B8D	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#223C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 27, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.171 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5daf',
    500: '#401b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401b8d;
$custom-light: #7e5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.474,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35638,
    "c": 0.17109,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401B8D

secondary

#97BD46

accent

#EB3DB2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #401B8D

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

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