#4A1687#4A1687

#4A1687 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.169 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1687
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 135)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 83.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 46.51, -52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 70.09, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.0785 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.169 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4830, 3.7788, 23.2521)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1687 #538716

analogous

#161A87 #4A1687 #821687

triadic

#4A1687 #874A16 #16874A

tetradic

#4A1687 #87161A #538716 #168782

square

#4A1687 #87161A #538716 #168782

split-complementary

#4A1687 #878216 #1A8716

monochromatic

#10051E #2D0D52 #4A1687 #671FBC #8539DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#4A1687 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4A1687 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1687

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1687	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1687	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00378A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1687;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.169 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835bab',
    500: '#4a1687',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1687;
$custom-light: #835bab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1687",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.611,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35698,
    "c": 0.16948,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1687

secondary

#81BB3E

accent

#EF399B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1687

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

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