#4A1B8E#4A1B8E

#4A1B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.172 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1B8E
RGB	rgb(74, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 46.31, -54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 71.56, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.0724 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.172 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0971, 4.1925, 25.9685)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1B8E #5F8E1B

analogous

#1B258E #4A1B8E #831B8E

triadic

#4A1B8E #8E4A1B #1B8E4A

tetradic

#4A1B8E #8E1B25 #5F8E1B #1B8E83

square

#4A1B8E #8E1B25 #5F8E1B #1B8E83

split-complementary

#4A1B8E #8E831B #258E1B

monochromatic

#140727 #2F115B #4A1B8E #6525C1 #8447DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4A1B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4A1B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1B8E

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1B8E	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.172 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845eb0',
    500: '#4a1b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1b8e;
$custom-light: #845eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.522,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36855,
    "c": 0.17241,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1B8E

secondary

#8DBE47

accent

#EB3DA4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1B8E

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

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