#401C8E#401C8E

#401C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.171 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401C8E
RGB	rgb(64, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.25, 44.43, -56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.25, 71.74, 308.27°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0557 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.171 289)
XYZ	xyz(7.4107, 3.8731, 25.9430)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401C8E #6A8E1C

analogous

#1C318E #401C8E #791C8E

triadic

#401C8E #8E401C #1C8E40

tetradic

#401C8E #8E1C31 #6A8E1C #1C8E79

square

#401C8E #8E1C31 #6A8E1C #1C8E79

split-complementary

#401C8E #8E791C #318E1C

monochromatic

#120828 #29125B #401C8E #5726C1 #7749DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#401C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#401C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401C8E

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401C8E	1.00	11.83	1.77	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.171 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5db0',
    500: '#401c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401c8e;
$custom-light: #7e5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3585,
    "c": 0.1713,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.03873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401C8E

secondary

#98BD49

accent

#EA3EB4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #401C8E

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

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