#401D8A#401D8A

#401D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.166 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401D8A
RGB	rgb(64, 29, 138)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 79%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.01, 42.82, -54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.01, 69.09, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0562 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.166 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1398, 3.8034, 24.3977)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401D8A #678A1D

analogous

#1D318A #401D8A #761D8A

triadic

#401D8A #8A401D #1D8A40

tetradic

#401D8A #8A1D31 #678A1D #1D8A76

square

#401D8A #8A1D31 #678A1D #1D8A76

split-complementary

#401D8A #8A761D #318A1D

monochromatic

#110825 #291257 #401D8A #5728BD #7749D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#401D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#401D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401D8A

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401D8A	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 29, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.166 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5ead',
    500: '#401d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401d8a;
$custom-light: #7e5ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.266,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35563,
    "c": 0.16567,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401D8A

secondary

#96BB48

accent

#E840B2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #401D8A

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

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