#4A1B8D#4A1B8D

#4A1B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.171 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1B8D
RGB	rgb(74, 27, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 80.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.20, 46.04, -54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.20, 71.03, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.0727 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.171 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0224, 4.1626, 25.5749)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1B8D #5E8D1B

analogous

#1B258D #4A1B8D #831B8D

triadic

#4A1B8D #8D4A1B #1B8D4A

tetradic

#4A1B8D #8D1B25 #5E8D1B #1B8D83

square

#4A1B8D #8D1B25 #5E8D1B #1B8D83

split-complementary

#4A1B8D #8D831B #258D1B

monochromatic

#140726 #2F115A #4A1B8D #6525C0 #8447DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#4A1B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4A1B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1B8D

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1B8D	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 27, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.171 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845eaf',
    500: '#4a1b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1b8d;
$custom-light: #845eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.737,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36759,
    "c": 0.17131,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1B8D

secondary

#8CBD46

accent

#EB3DA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1B8D

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

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