#401E8B#401E8B

#401E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.166 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401E8B
RGB	rgb(64, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 42.62, -54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 69.11, 308.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.78% 0.0551 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(35.78% 0.166 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2375, 3.8823, 24.7891)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401E8B #698B1E

analogous

#1E328B #401E8B #761E8B

triadic

#401E8B #8B401E #1E8B40

tetradic

#401E8B #8B1E32 #698B1E #1E8B76

square

#401E8B #8B1E32 #698B1E #1E8B76

split-complementary

#401E8B #8B761E #328B1E

monochromatic

#120826 #291359 #401E8B #5729BD #774BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#401E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#401E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401E8B

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401E8B	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#233D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.166 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5eae',
    500: '#401e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401e8b;
$custom-light: #7e5eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.716,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35781,
    "c": 0.16582,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401E8B

secondary

#98BB4A

accent

#E740B3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #401E8B

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

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