#401D59#401D59

#401D59 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.106 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401D59
RGB	rgb(64, 29, 89)
HSL	hsl(275, 51%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(275, 67%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.76, 29.12, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.76, 41.46, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(31.22% 0.0658 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(31.22% 0.106 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.3565, 2.6901, 9.7390)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.85

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401D59 #36591D

analogous

#221D59 #401D59 #591D54

triadic

#401D59 #59401D #1D5940

tetradic

#401D59 #59221D #36591D #1D5459

square

#401D59 #59221D #36591D #1D5459

split-complementary

#401D59 #54591D #1D5922

monochromatic

#110817 #1F0E2B #401D59 #612C87 #823BB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.65

#401D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#401D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401D59

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401D59	1.00	13.65	1.54	13.65
#FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#132E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 29, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.106 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775b88',
    500: '#401d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401d59;
$custom-light: #775b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3122,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401D59

secondary

#638E44

accent

#DA4D88

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040B

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #401D59

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

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