#401C8C#401C8C

#401C8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.169 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401C8C
RGB	rgb(64, 28, 140)
HSL	hsl(259, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 80%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.05, 43.87, -55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.05, 70.67, 308.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.0563 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.169 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2619, 3.8136, 25.1593)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401C8C #688C1C

analogous

#1C308C #401C8C #781C8C

triadic

#401C8C #8C401C #1C8C40

tetradic

#401C8C #8C1C30 #688C1C #1C8C78

square

#401C8C #8C1C30 #688C1C #1C8C78

split-complementary

#401C8C #8C781C #308C1C

monochromatic

#110826 #291259 #401C8C #5726BF #7748DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#401C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#401C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401C8C

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401C8C	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#233C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 28, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.169 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5daf',
    500: '#401c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401c8c;
$custom-light: #7e5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35648,
    "c": 0.16898,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401C8C

secondary

#97BC48

accent

#EA3EB2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #401C8C

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

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