#4A1A8E#4A1A8E

#4A1A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.173 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1A8E
RGB	rgb(74, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 46.73, -54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 72.01, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.0732 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.173 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.0746, 4.1474, 25.9610)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1A8E #5E8E1A

analogous

#1A248E #4A1A8E #841A8E

triadic

#4A1A8E #8E4A1A #1A8E4A

tetradic

#4A1A8E #8E1A24 #5E8E1A #1A8E84

square

#4A1A8E #8E1A24 #5E8E1A #1A8E84

split-complementary

#4A1A8E #8E841A #248E1A

monochromatic

#140727 #2F115A #4A1A8E #6523C2 #8445DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#4A1A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4A1A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1A8E

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1A8E	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.173 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845db0',
    500: '#4a1a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1a8e;
$custom-light: #845db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36754,
    "c": 0.17335,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1A8E

secondary

#8CBE45

accent

#EC3CA3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1A8E

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

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