#4A1A90#4A1A90

#4A1A90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.176 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1A90
RGB	rgb(74, 26, 144)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 81.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 47.26, -55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 73.05, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.0725 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.176 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2261, 4.2080, 26.7590)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1A90 #60901A

analogous

#1A2590 #4A1A90 #851A90

triadic

#4A1A90 #904A1A #1A904A

tetradic

#4A1A90 #901A25 #60901A #1A9085

square

#4A1A90 #901A25 #60901A #1A9085

split-complementary

#4A1A90 #90851A #25901A

monochromatic

#150728 #2F115C #4A1A90 #6523C4 #8447DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4A1A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4A1A90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1A90

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1A90	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 26, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.176 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845db2',
    500: '#4a1a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1a90;
$custom-light: #845db2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.407,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36948,
    "c": 0.17553,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1A90

secondary

#8EBF47

accent

#EC3CA4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1A90

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

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