#4A1989#4A1989

#4A1989 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.169 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1989
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 137)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 81.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 45.83, -52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 69.84, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.0756 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.169 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6858, 3.9571, 24.0209)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1989 #588919

analogous

#192089 #4A1989 #821989

triadic

#4A1989 #894A19 #19894A

tetradic

#4A1989 #891920 #588919 #198982

square

#4A1989 #891920 #588919 #198982

split-complementary

#4A1989 #898219 #208919

monochromatic

#120621 #2E1055 #4A1989 #6622BD #8440DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#4A1989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4A1989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1989

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1989	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.169 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845dac',
    500: '#4a1989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1989;
$custom-light: #845dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 69.136,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36175,
    "c": 0.16887,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1989

secondary

#87BC41

accent

#EC3C9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1989

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

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