#4A158D#4A158D

#4A158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.177 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A158D
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, 48.41, -55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 73.59, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.077 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.177 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8986, 3.9151, 25.5337)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A158D #588D15

analogous

#151C8D #4A158D #86158D

triadic

#4A158D #8D4A15 #158D4A

tetradic

#4A158D #8D151C #588D15 #158D86

square

#4A158D #8D151C #588D15 #158D86

split-complementary

#4A158D #8D8615 #1C8D15

monochromatic

#120522 #2E0D58 #4A158D #661DC2 #843BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#4A158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4A158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A158D

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A158D	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.177 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845baf',
    500: '#4a158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a158d;
$custom-light: #845baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36196,
    "c": 0.17664,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A158D

secondary

#87C13D

accent

#F1379F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A158D

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

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