#4A1785#4A1785

#4A1785 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.166 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1785
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 82.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 45.61, -51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 68.62, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0784 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.166 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3630, 3.7620, 22.5240)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1785 #528517

analogous

#171B85 #4A1785 #811785

triadic

#4A1785 #854A17 #17854A

tetradic

#4A1785 #85171B #528517 #178581

square

#4A1785 #85171B #528517 #178581

split-complementary

#4A1785 #858117 #1B8517

monochromatic

#10051D #2D0E51 #4A1785 #6720B9 #853ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#4A1785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4A1785 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1785

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1785	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.166 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba9',
    500: '#4a1785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1785;
$custom-light: #835ba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.818,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35599,
    "c": 0.16645,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1785

secondary

#80B93F

accent

#ED3B9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1785

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

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