#4A156A#4A156A

#4A156A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.140 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A156A
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.18, 39.71, -38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.18, 55.22, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(32.97% 0.0879 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(32.97% 0.14 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6932, 3.0329, 13.9184)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A156A #356A15

analogous

#20156A #4A156A #6A155F

triadic

#4A156A #6A4A15 #156A4A

tetradic

#4A156A #6A2015 #356A15 #155F6A

square

#4A156A #6A2015 #356A15 #155F6A

split-complementary

#4A156A #5F6A15 #156A20

monochromatic

#12051A #260B37 #4A156A #6E1F9D #9129D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.07

#4A156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4A156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A156A

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A156A	1.00	13.07	1.61	13.07
#FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.140 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805995',
    500: '#4a156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a156a;
$custom-light: #805995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.412,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32972,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A156A

secondary

#61A13A

accent

#EA3E7F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A156A

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

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