#4A156E#4A156E

#4A156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.144 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A156E
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(276, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.51, 40.67, -40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.51, 57.35, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(33.31% 0.0869 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(33.31% 0.144 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9061, 3.1180, 15.0395)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A156E #396E15

analogous

#1D156E #4A156E #6E1565

triadic

#4A156E #6E4A15 #156E4A

tetradic

#4A156E #6E1D15 #396E15 #15656E

square

#4A156E #6E1D15 #396E15 #15656E

split-complementary

#4A156E #656E15 #156E1D

monochromatic

#11051A #270B3B #4A156E #6D1FA1 #8F29D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.93

#4A156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4A156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A156E

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A156E	1.00	12.93	1.62	12.93
#FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.144 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815998',
    500: '#4a156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a156e;
$custom-light: #815998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.73,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33313,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A156E

secondary

#65A43A

accent

#EB3D83

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A156E

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

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