#4A1789#4A1789

#4A1789 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.171 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1789
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 137)
HSL	hsl(267, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 83.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.25, 46.64, -53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.25, 70.71, 311.27°)
OKLab	oklab(35.98% 0.0771 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(35.98% 0.171 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6446, 3.8746, 24.0072)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1789 #568917

analogous

#171D89 #4A1789 #831789

triadic

#4A1789 #894A17 #17894A

tetradic

#4A1789 #89171D #568917 #178983

square

#4A1789 #89171D #568917 #178983

split-complementary

#4A1789 #898317 #1D8917

monochromatic

#110520 #2E0E55 #4A1789 #6620BD #853CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#4A1789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4A1789 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1789

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1789	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	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: #4a1789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.171 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845cac',
    500: '#4a1789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1789;
$custom-light: #845cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.842,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35983,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1789

secondary

#85BD3F

accent

#EE3A9D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1789

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

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