#401B8E#401B8E

#401B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.172 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401B8E
RGB	rgb(64, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 44.89, -56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 72.23, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0564 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.172 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3873, 3.8265, 25.9353)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401B8E #698E1B

analogous

#1B308E #401B8E #791B8E

triadic

#401B8E #8E401B #1B8E40

tetradic

#401B8E #8E1B30 #698E1B #1B8E79

square

#401B8E #8E1B30 #698E1B #1B8E79

split-complementary

#401B8E #8E791B #308E1B

monochromatic

#120727 #29115B #401B8E #5725C1 #7747DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#401B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#401B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401B8E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401B8E	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.172 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5db0',
    500: '#401b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401b8e;
$custom-light: #7e5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.304,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3574,
    "c": 0.17224,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401B8E

secondary

#98BE47

accent

#EB3DB3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #401B8E

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

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