#4A1A87#4A1A87

#4A1A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.166 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1A87
RGB	rgb(74, 26, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 80.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 44.89, -51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 68.33, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.0754 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.166 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5655, 3.9437, 23.2796)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1A87 #57871A

analogous

#1A2187 #4A1A87 #811A87

triadic

#4A1A87 #874A1A #1A874A

tetradic

#4A1A87 #871A21 #57871A #1A8781

square

#4A1A87 #871A21 #57871A #1A8781

split-complementary

#4A1A87 #87811A #21871A

monochromatic

#120620 #2E1054 #4A1A87 #6624BA #8541DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#4A1A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4A1A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1A87

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1A87	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 26, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.166 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835dab',
    500: '#4a1a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1a87;
$custom-light: #835dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.422,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36086,
    "c": 0.16572,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1A87

secondary

#86BA42

accent

#EB3D9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1A87

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

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