#4A1B85#4A1B85

#4A1B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.163 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1B85
RGB	rgb(74, 27, 133)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 79.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.45, 43.93, -50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.45, 66.80, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.0752 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.163 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4485, 3.9330, 22.5525)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1B85 #56851B

analogous

#1B2185 #4A1B85 #7F1B85

triadic

#4A1B85 #854A1B #1B854A

tetradic

#4A1B85 #851B21 #56851B #1B857F

square

#4A1B85 #851B21 #56851B #1B857F

split-complementary

#4A1B85 #857F1B #21851B

monochromatic

#11061F #2E1152 #4A1B85 #6625B8 #8542D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#4A1B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4A1B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1B85

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1B85	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 27, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.163 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835da9',
    500: '#4a1b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1b85;
$custom-light: #835da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.604,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36004,
    "c": 0.1625,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1B85

secondary

#85B844

accent

#E93F9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1B85

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

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