#401E8E#401E8E

#401E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.169 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401E8E
RGB	rgb(64, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(258, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.58, 43.49, -55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.58, 70.73, 307.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0542 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.169 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4597, 3.9712, 25.9594)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401E8E #6C8E1E

analogous

#1E348E #401E8E #781E8E

triadic

#401E8E #8E401E #1E8E40

tetradic

#401E8E #8E1E34 #6C8E1E #1E8E78

square

#401E8E #8E1E34 #6C8E1E #1E8E78

split-complementary

#401E8E #8E781E #348E1E

monochromatic

#120929 #29135B #401E8E #5729C1 #784DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#401E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#401E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401E8E

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401E8E	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.169 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5eb0',
    500: '#401e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401e8e;
$custom-light: #7e5eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.214,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36079,
    "c": 0.16934,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401E8E

secondary

#9ABC4C

accent

#E840B5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #401E8E

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

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