#4A1885#4A1885

#4A1885 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.166 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1885
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 82%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.01, 45.21, -51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.01, 68.18, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.0777 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.166 298)
XYZ	xyz(7.3832, 3.8024, 22.5307)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1885 #538518

analogous

#181C85 #4A1885 #801885

triadic

#4A1885 #854A18 #18854A

tetradic

#4A1885 #85181C #538518 #188580

square

#4A1885 #85181C #538518 #188580

split-complementary

#4A1885 #858018 #1C8518

monochromatic

#10051D #2D0F51 #4A1885 #6721B9 #853CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#4A1885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4A1885 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1885

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1885	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.166 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca9',
    500: '#4a1885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1885;
$custom-light: #835ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.523,
    "s": 69.427,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35696,
    "c": 0.1655,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.03803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1885

secondary

#81B940

accent

#EC3C9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1885

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

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