#401E8A#401E8A

#401E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.165 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401E8A
RGB	rgb(64, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.18, 42.33, -53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.18, 68.57, 308.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.68% 0.0554 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(35.68% 0.165 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1647, 3.8532, 24.4060)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401E8A #688A1E

analogous

#1E328A #401E8A #761E8A

triadic

#401E8A #8A401E #1E8A40

tetradic

#401E8A #8A1E32 #688A1E #1E8A76

square

#401E8A #8A1E32 #688A1E #1E8A76

split-complementary

#401E8A #8A761E #328A1E

monochromatic

#110825 #291358 #401E8A #5729BC #774BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#401E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#401E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401E8A

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401E8A	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.165 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5ead',
    500: '#401e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401e8a;
$custom-light: #7d5ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.889,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35682,
    "c": 0.16464,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401E8A

secondary

#97BA4A

accent

#E741B3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #401E8A

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

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