#401C8F#401C8F

#401C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.172 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401C8F
RGB	rgb(64, 28, 143)
HSL	hsl(259, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 80.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 44.72, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 72.27, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0553 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.172 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4861, 3.9033, 26.3402)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401C8F #6B8F1C

analogous

#1C318F #401C8F #791C8F

triadic

#401C8F #8F401C #1C8F40

tetradic

#401C8F #8F1C31 #6B8F1C #1C8F79

square

#401C8F #8F1C31 #6B8F1C #1C8F79

split-complementary

#401C8F #8F791C #318F1C

monochromatic

#120829 #29125C #401C8F #5726C2 #774ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#401C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#401C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401C8F

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401C8F	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#203D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 28, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.172 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5db1',
    500: '#401c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401c8f;
$custom-light: #7e5db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.783,
    "s": 67.251,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35951,
    "c": 0.17245,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401C8F

secondary

#99BE49

accent

#EA3EB4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #401C8F

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

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