#401D8D#401D8D

#401D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.169 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401D8D
RGB	rgb(64, 29, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 43.68, -55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 70.70, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.0552 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.169 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3600, 3.8915, 25.5575)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401D8D #6A8D1D

analogous

#1D328D #401D8D #781D8D

triadic

#401D8D #8D401D #1D8D40

tetradic

#401D8D #8D1D32 #6A8D1D #1D8D78

square

#401D8D #8D1D32 #6A8D1D #1D8D78

split-complementary

#401D8D #8D781D #328D1D

monochromatic

#120827 #29135A #401D8D #5727C0 #774BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#401D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#401D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401D8D

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401D8D	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#223D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 29, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.169 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5eaf',
    500: '#401d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401d8d;
$custom-light: #7e5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35862,
    "c": 0.16916,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401D8D

secondary

#98BC4A

accent

#E93FB4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #401D8D

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

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