#4A1B86#4A1B86

#4A1B86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.164 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1B86
RGB	rgb(74, 27, 134)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 79.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.54, 44.19, -50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.54, 67.33, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.0749 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.164 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5179, 3.9608, 22.9180)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1B86 #57861B

analogous

#1B2286 #4A1B86 #801B86

triadic

#4A1B86 #864A1B #1B864A

tetradic

#4A1B86 #861B22 #57861B #1B8680

square

#4A1B86 #861B22 #57861B #1B8680

split-complementary

#4A1B86 #86801B #22861B

monochromatic

#120620 #2E1153 #4A1B86 #6625B9 #8542D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#4A1B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4A1B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1B86

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1B86	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 27, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.164 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835daa',
    500: '#4a1b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1b86;
$custom-light: #835daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.355,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36097,
    "c": 0.16361,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1B86

secondary

#86B944

accent

#E93E9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1B86

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

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