#401E9B#401E9B

#401E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.184 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401E9B
RGB	rgb(64, 30, 155)
HSL	hsl(256, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 80.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 47.22, -61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 77.63, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.0501 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.184 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4932, 4.3846, 31.4028)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401E9B #799B1E

analogous

#1E3B9B #401E9B #7F1E9B

triadic

#401E9B #9B401E #1E9B40

tetradic

#401E9B #9B1E3B #799B1E #1E9B7F

square

#401E9B #9B1E3B #799B1E #1E9B7F

split-complementary

#401E9B #9B7F1E #3B9B1E

monochromatic

#160A34 #2B1468 #401E9B #5528CE #7A55DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#401E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#401E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401E9B

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401E9B	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 30, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.184 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805fba',
    500: '#401e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401e9b;
$custom-light: #805fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.32,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37403,
    "c": 0.18443,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401E9B

secondary

#A4C253

accent

#EA3DBB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #401E9B

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

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