#4A1689#4A1689

#4A1689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.172 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1689
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.12, 47.02, -53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.12, 71.13, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.89% 0.0778 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(35.89% 0.172 297)
XYZ	xyz(7.6251, 3.8356, 24.0007)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1689 #558916

analogous

#161C89 #4A1689 #831689

triadic

#4A1689 #894A16 #16894A

tetradic

#4A1689 #89161C #558916 #168983

square

#4A1689 #89161C #558916 #168983

split-complementary

#4A1689 #898316 #1C8916

monochromatic

#110520 #2E0E54 #4A1689 #661EBE #853ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#4A1689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4A1689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1689

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1689	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.172 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845bac',
    500: '#4a1689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1689;
$custom-light: #845bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.13,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35891,
    "c": 0.17159,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.03836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1689

secondary

#83BD3E

accent

#EF399D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1689

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

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