#4A1A8B#4A1A8B

#4A1A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.170 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1A8B
RGB	rgb(74, 26, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 81.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 45.94, -53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 70.44, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.0741 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.17 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8524, 4.0585, 24.7907)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1A8B #5B8B1A

analogous

#1A228B #4A1A8B #831A8B

triadic

#4A1A8B #8B4A1A #1A8B4A

tetradic

#4A1A8B #8B1A22 #5B8B1A #1A8B83

square

#4A1A8B #8B1A22 #5B8B1A #1A8B83

split-complementary

#4A1A8B #8B831A #228B1A

monochromatic

#130724 #2F1057 #4A1A8B #6524BF #8443DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#4A1A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4A1A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1A8B

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1A8B	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 26, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.170 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845dae',
    500: '#4a1a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1a8b;
$custom-light: #845dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.487,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36466,
    "c": 0.17008,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1A8B

secondary

#8ABD44

accent

#EB3CA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1A8B

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

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