#4A1786#4A1786

#4A1786 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.168 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1786
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 134)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 82.8%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 45.87, -51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 69.14, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.0781 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.168 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4324, 3.7897, 22.8895)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1786 #538617

analogous

#171B86 #4A1786 #811786

triadic

#4A1786 #864A17 #17864A

tetradic

#4A1786 #86171B #538617 #178681

square

#4A1786 #86171B #538617 #178681

split-complementary

#4A1786 #868117 #1B8617

monochromatic

#10051E #2D0E52 #4A1786 #6720BA #853ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#4A1786 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4A1786 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1786

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1786	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1786	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1786;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.168 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835baa',
    500: '#4a1786',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1786;
$custom-light: #835baa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1786",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35695,
    "c": 0.16751,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1786

secondary

#81BA3F

accent

#ED3A9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1786

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

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