#4A1B97#4A1B97

#4A1B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.182 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1B97
RGB	rgb(74, 27, 151)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 82.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 48.70, -58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 76.25, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.0694 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.182 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8003, 4.4738, 29.6720)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1B97 #68971B

analogous

#1B2A97 #4A1B97 #881B97

triadic

#4A1B97 #974A1B #1B974A

tetradic

#4A1B97 #971B2A #68971B #1B9788

square

#4A1B97 #971B2A #68971B #1B9788

split-complementary

#4A1B97 #97881B #2A971B

monochromatic

#17082F #311263 #4A1B97 #6324CB #854DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#4A1B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4A1B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1B97

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1B97	1.00	11.08	1.89	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 27, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.182 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855eb7',
    500: '#4a1b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1b97;
$custom-light: #855eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.742,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37734,
    "c": 0.18225,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1B97

secondary

#95C14C

accent

#EC3BA9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1B97

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

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