#401D8E#401D8E

#401D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.170 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401D8E
RGB	rgb(64, 29, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 79.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 43.97, -56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 71.24, 308.11°)
OKLab	oklab(35.96% 0.0549 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(35.96% 0.17 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4348, 3.9214, 25.9511)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401D8E #6B8E1D

analogous

#1D328E #401D8E #781D8E

triadic

#401D8E #8E401D #1D8E40

tetradic

#401D8E #8E1D32 #6B8E1D #1D8E78

square

#401D8E #8E1D32 #6B8E1D #1D8E78

split-complementary

#401D8E #8E781D #328E1D

monochromatic

#120828 #29135B #401D8E #5727C1 #774BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#401D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#401D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401D8E

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401D8E	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 29, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.170 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5eb0',
    500: '#401d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401d8e;
$custom-light: #7e5eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.584,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35963,
    "c": 0.17033,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401D8E

secondary

#99BD4A

accent

#E93FB4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #401D8E

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

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