#401C5E#401C5E

#401C5E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.114 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401C5E
RGB	rgb(64, 28, 94)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(273, 70%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 70.2%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.92, 31.01, -32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.92, 44.98, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(31.46% 0.0668 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(31.46% 0.114 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5495, 2.7287, 10.8745)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401C5E #3A5E1C

analogous

#1F1C5E #401C5E #5E1C5B

triadic

#401C5E #5E401C #1C5E40

tetradic

#401C5E #5E1F1C #3A5E1C #1C5B5E

square

#401C5E #5E1F1C #3A5E1C #1C5B5E

split-complementary

#401C5E #5B5E1C #1C5E1F

monochromatic

#100718 #200E2F #401C5E #602A8D #8038BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.59

#401C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#401C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401C5E

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401C5E	1.00	13.59	1.55	13.59
#FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B2E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 28, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.114 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785b8c',
    500: '#401c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401c5e;
$custom-light: #785b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31458,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401C5E

secondary

#679342

accent

#DD4A8D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #401C5E

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

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