#4A1B8B#4A1B8B

#4A1B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.169 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1B8B
RGB	rgb(74, 27, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.01, 45.51, -53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.01, 69.98, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.57% 0.0734 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(36.57% 0.169 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8749, 4.1036, 24.7983)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1B8B #5C8B1B

analogous

#1B248B #4A1B8B #821B8B

triadic

#4A1B8B #8B4A1B #1B8B4A

tetradic

#4A1B8B #8B1B24 #5C8B1B #1B8B82

square

#4A1B8B #8B1B24 #5C8B1B #1B8B82

split-complementary

#4A1B8B #8B821B #248B1B

monochromatic

#130725 #2F1158 #4A1B8B #6525BE #8445DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#4A1B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A1B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1B8B

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1B8B	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 27, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.169 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845eae',
    500: '#4a1b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1b8b;
$custom-light: #845eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.179,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36568,
    "c": 0.16911,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1B8B

secondary

#8ABC45

accent

#EA3DA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1B8B

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

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