#4A156B#4A156B

#4A156B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.141 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A156B
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.26, 39.95, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.26, 55.75, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(33.06% 0.0876 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(33.06% 0.141 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7455, 3.0538, 14.1938)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A156B #366B15

analogous

#1F156B #4A156B #6B1561

triadic

#4A156B #6B4A15 #156B4A

tetradic

#4A156B #6B1F15 #366B15 #15616B

square

#4A156B #6B1F15 #366B15 #15616B

split-complementary

#4A156B #616B15 #156B1F

monochromatic

#12051A #270B38 #4A156B #6D1F9E #9129D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.04

#4A156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4A156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A156B

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A156B	1.00	13.04	1.61	13.04
#FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.141 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805996',
    500: '#4a156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a156b;
$custom-light: #805996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.977,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33056,
    "c": 0.141,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A156B

secondary

#62A23A

accent

#EA3E80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A156B

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

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