#4A156F#4A156F

#4A156F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.145 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A156F
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.60, 40.91, -40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.60, 57.88, 314.98°)
OKLab	oklab(33.4% 0.0867 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(33.4% 0.145 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9608, 3.1399, 15.3279)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A156F #3A6F15

analogous

#1D156F #4A156F #6F1567

triadic

#4A156F #6F4A15 #156F4A

tetradic

#4A156F #6F1D15 #3A6F15 #15676F

square

#4A156F #6F1D15 #3A6F15 #15676F

split-complementary

#4A156F #676F15 #156F1D

monochromatic

#11051A #280B3C #4A156F #6C1FA2 #8F28D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#4A156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4A156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A156F

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A156F	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.145 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815999',
    500: '#4a156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a156f;
$custom-light: #815999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.333,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33399,
    "c": 0.14519,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A156F

secondary

#66A53A

accent

#EB3D84

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A156F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →