#401E8C#401E8C

#401E8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.167 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401E8C
RGB	rgb(64, 30, 140)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 78.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 42.91, -54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 69.65, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.88% 0.0548 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(35.88% 0.167 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3109, 3.9116, 25.1757)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401E8C #6A8C1E

analogous

#1E338C #401E8C #771E8C

triadic

#401E8C #8C401E #1E8C40

tetradic

#401E8C #8C1E33 #6A8C1E #1E8C77

square

#401E8C #8C1E33 #6A8C1E #1E8C77

split-complementary

#401E8C #8C771E #338C1E

monochromatic

#120827 #29135A #401E8C #5729BE #774CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#401E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#401E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401E8C

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401E8C	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#233D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 30, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.167 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5eaf',
    500: '#401e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401e8c;
$custom-light: #7e5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3588,
    "c": 0.16699,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401E8C

secondary

#98BB4B

accent

#E840B4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #401E8C

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

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