#4A1A8D#4A1A8D

#4A1A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.172 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1A8D
RGB	rgb(74, 26, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 81.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.06, 46.47, -54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.06, 71.49, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.0735 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.172 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9998, 4.1175, 25.5674)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1A8D #5D8D1A

analogous

#1A248D #4A1A8D #831A8D

triadic

#4A1A8D #8D4A1A #1A8D4A

tetradic

#4A1A8D #8D1A24 #5D8D1A #1A8D83

square

#4A1A8D #8D1A24 #5D8D1A #1A8D83

split-complementary

#4A1A8D #8D831A #248D1A

monochromatic

#140726 #2F1059 #4A1A8D #6524C1 #8445DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4A1A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A1A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1A8D

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1A8D	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 26, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.172 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845daf',
    500: '#4a1a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1a8d;
$custom-light: #845daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.043,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36658,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1A8D

secondary

#8BBE45

accent

#EC3CA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1A8D

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

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