#4A1B87#4A1B87

#4A1B87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.165 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1B87
RGB	rgb(74, 27, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 80%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.63, 44.46, -51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.63, 67.86, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.19% 0.0746 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(36.19% 0.165 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5880, 3.9888, 23.2871)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1B87 #58871B

analogous

#1B2287 #4A1B87 #801B87

triadic

#4A1B87 #874A1B #1B874A

tetradic

#4A1B87 #871B22 #58871B #1B8780

square

#4A1B87 #871B22 #58871B #1B8780

split-complementary

#4A1B87 #87801B #22871B

monochromatic

#120721 #2E1154 #4A1B87 #6625BA #8443D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#4A1B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4A1B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1B87

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1B87	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 27, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.165 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835dab',
    500: '#4a1b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1b87;
$custom-light: #835dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.111,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3619,
    "c": 0.16472,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1B87

secondary

#87BA44

accent

#EA3E9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1B87

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

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