#401C5F#401C5F

#401C5F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.115 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401C5F
RGB	rgb(64, 28, 95)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 70.5%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.00, 31.28, -33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.00, 45.56, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(31.54% 0.0667 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(31.54% 0.115 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5947, 2.7468, 11.1124)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401C5F #3B5F1C

analogous

#1F1C5F #401C5F #5F1C5D

triadic

#401C5F #5F401C #1C5F40

tetradic

#401C5F #5F1F1C #3B5F1C #1C5D5F

square

#401C5F #5F1F1C #3B5F1C #1C5D5F

split-complementary

#401C5F #5D5F1C #1C5F1F

monochromatic

#100718 #200E30 #401C5F #602A8E #8038BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.55

#401C5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#401C5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401C5F

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401C5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401C5F	1.00	13.55	1.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#092E5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401c5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 28, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.115 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785b8d',
    500: '#401c5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401c5f;
$custom-light: #785b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401c5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.239,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31538,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401C5F

secondary

#689442

accent

#DE4A8E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #401C5F

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

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