#4A1990#4A1990

#4A1990 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.176 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1990
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 144)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 82.6%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 47.66, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 73.49, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.0732 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.176 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2043, 4.1645, 26.7517)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1990 #5F9019

analogous

#192390 #4A1990 #851990

triadic

#4A1990 #904A19 #19904A

tetradic

#4A1990 #901923 #5F9019 #199085

square

#4A1990 #901923 #5F9019 #199085

split-complementary

#4A1990 #908519 #239019

monochromatic

#140728 #2F105C #4A1990 #6522C4 #8445DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#4A1990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4A1990 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1990

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1990	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.176 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855db2',
    500: '#4a1990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1990;
$custom-light: #855db2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 70.414,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36852,
    "c": 0.17643,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1990

secondary

#8DC045

accent

#ED3BA4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1990

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

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