#4A1889#4A1889

#4A1889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.170 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1889
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 137)
HSL	hsl(267, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 82.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, 46.24, -52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 70.28, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0763 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.17 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6648, 3.9151, 24.0139)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1889 #578918

analogous

#181E89 #4A1889 #831889

triadic

#4A1889 #894A18 #18894A

tetradic

#4A1889 #89181E #578918 #188983

square

#4A1889 #89181E #578918 #188983

split-complementary

#4A1889 #898318 #1E8918

monochromatic

#120621 #2E0F55 #4A1889 #6621BD #853EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#4A1889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4A1889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1889

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1889	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.170 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845cac',
    500: '#4a1889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1889;
$custom-light: #845cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.549,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36077,
    "c": 0.1698,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1889

secondary

#86BD40

accent

#ED3B9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1889

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

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