#401D8C#401D8C

#401D8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.168 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401D8C
RGB	rgb(64, 29, 140)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 43.39, -55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 70.17, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% 0.0556 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.168 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2860, 3.8618, 25.1674)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401D8C #698C1D

analogous

#1D318C #401D8C #771D8C

triadic

#401D8C #8C401D #1D8C40

tetradic

#401D8C #8C1D31 #698C1D #1D8C77

square

#401D8C #8C1D31 #698C1D #1D8C77

split-complementary

#401D8C #8C771D #318C1D

monochromatic

#120827 #291259 #401D8C #5728BF #774AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#401D8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#401D8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401D8C

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401D8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401D8C	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#233D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401d8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 29, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.168 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5eaf',
    500: '#401d8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401d8c;
$custom-light: #7e5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401d8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.919,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35762,
    "c": 0.168,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401D8C

secondary

#98BC49

accent

#E93FB3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #401D8C

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

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