#4A116E#4A116E

#4A116E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.148 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A116E
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 110)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 84.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.97, 42.22, -41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.97, 59.07, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(32.94% 0.0904 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(32.94% 0.148 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8384, 2.9826, 15.0170)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A116E #356E11

analogous

#1B116E #4A116E #6E1164

triadic

#4A116E #6E4A11 #116E4A

tetradic

#4A116E #6E1B11 #356E11 #11646E

square

#4A116E #6E1B11 #356E11 #11646E

split-complementary

#4A116E #646E11 #116E1B

monochromatic

#12041B #260939 #4A116E #6E19A3 #9121D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.15

#4A116E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4A116E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A116E

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A116E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A116E	1.00	13.15	1.60	13.15
#FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00316C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a116e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.148 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815798',
    500: '#4a116e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a116e;
$custom-light: #815798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a116e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.774,
    "s": 73.228,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32938,
    "c": 0.14828,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A116E

secondary

#61A535

accent

#F0387F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A116E

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

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