#401C8A#401C8A

#401C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.167 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401C8A
RGB	rgb(64, 28, 138)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 79.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.84, 43.30, -54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.84, 69.60, 308.47°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.0569 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.167 290)
XYZ	xyz(7.1157, 3.7552, 24.3897)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401C8A #668A1C

analogous

#1C2F8A #401C8A #771C8A

triadic

#401C8A #8A401C #1C8A40

tetradic

#401C8A #8A1C2F #668A1C #1C8A77

square

#401C8A #8A1C2F #668A1C #1C8A77

split-complementary

#401C8A #8A771C #2F8A1C

monochromatic

#110724 #281257 #401C8A #5826BD #7747DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#401C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#401C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401C8A

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401C8A	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 28, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.167 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5dad',
    500: '#401c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401c8a;
$custom-light: #7e5dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.636,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35448,
    "c": 0.16666,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.03755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401C8A

secondary

#95BB46

accent

#E93FB1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #401C8A

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

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