#401C79#401C79

#401C79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.147 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401C79
RGB	rgb(64, 28, 121)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 76.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.21, 38.47, -46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.21, 60.30, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(33.8% 0.0618 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(33.8% 0.147 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9799, 3.3008, 18.4075)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401C79 #55791C

analogous

#1C2779 #401C79 #6F1C79

triadic

#401C79 #79401C #1C7940

tetradic

#401C79 #791C27 #55791C #1C796F

square

#401C79 #791C27 #55791C #1C796F

split-complementary

#401C79 #796F1C #27791C

monochromatic

#0D0619 #261047 #401C79 #5A28AB #773DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#401C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#401C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401C79

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401C79	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 28, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.147 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5ca1',
    500: '#401c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401c79;
$custom-light: #7b5ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 62.416,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33803,
    "c": 0.14669,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401C79

secondary

#84AD44

accent

#E542A6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #401C79

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

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