#401C8D#401C8D

#401C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.170 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401C8D
RGB	rgb(64, 28, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 80.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 44.15, -55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 71.21, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.056 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.17 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3359, 3.8432, 25.5494)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401C8D #698D1C

analogous

#1C308D #401C8D #781C8D

triadic

#401C8D #8D401C #1C8D40

tetradic

#401C8D #8D1C30 #698D1C #1C8D78

square

#401C8D #8D1C30 #698D1C #1C8D78

split-complementary

#401C8D #8D781C #308D1C

monochromatic

#120827 #29125A #401C8D #5726C0 #7749DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#401C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#401C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401C8D

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401C8D	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#223D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 28, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.170 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5daf',
    500: '#401c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401c8d;
$custom-light: #7e5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.115,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35749,
    "c": 0.17014,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401C8D

secondary

#98BD48

accent

#EA3EB3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #401C8D

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

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