#4A1790#4A1790

#4A1790 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.178 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1790
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 144)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 84%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 48.44, -56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 74.33, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% 0.0746 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.178 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1631, 4.0820, 26.7380)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1790 #5D9017

analogous

#172190 #4A1790 #861790

triadic

#4A1790 #904A17 #17904A

tetradic

#4A1790 #901721 #5D9017 #179086

square

#4A1790 #901721 #5D9017 #179086

split-complementary

#4A1790 #908617 #219017

monochromatic

#140626 #2F0F5B #4A1790 #651FC5 #8441E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#4A1790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A1790 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1790

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1790	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.178 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855cb2',
    500: '#4a1790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1790;
$custom-light: #855cb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.289,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36667,
    "c": 0.17815,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1790

secondary

#8BC142

accent

#EF39A2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1790

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

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