#4A1788#4A1788

#4A1788 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.170 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1788
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 136)
HSL	hsl(267, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 83.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.16, 46.38, -52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.16, 70.19, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.89% 0.0774 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(35.89% 0.17 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5732, 3.8461, 23.6311)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1788 #558817

analogous

#171C88 #4A1788 #821788

triadic

#4A1788 #884A17 #17884A

tetradic

#4A1788 #88171C #558817 #178882

square

#4A1788 #88171C #558817 #178882

split-complementary

#4A1788 #888217 #1C8817

monochromatic

#11051F #2E0E54 #4A1788 #6620BC #853BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#4A1788 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4A1788 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1788

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1788	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1788	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1788;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.170 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845cac',
    500: '#4a1788',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1788;
$custom-light: #845cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1788",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.08,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35886,
    "c": 0.16965,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1788

secondary

#83BC3F

accent

#EE3A9D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1788

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

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