#4A1B9E#4A1B9E

#4A1B9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.190 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1B9E
RGB	rgb(74, 27, 158)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 82.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.89, 50.57, -61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.89, 79.84, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.0669 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.19 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3858, 4.7079, 32.7553)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1B9E #6F9E1B

analogous

#1B2D9E #4A1B9E #8C1B9E

triadic

#4A1B9E #9E4A1B #1B9E4A

tetradic

#4A1B9E #9E1B2D #6F9E1B #1B9E8C

square

#4A1B9E #9E1B2D #6F9E1B #1B9E8C

split-complementary

#4A1B9E #9E8C1B #2D9E1B

monochromatic

#190935 #32126A #4A1B9E #6224D2 #8552E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#4A1B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4A1B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1B9E

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1B9E	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 27, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.190 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fbc',
    500: '#4a1b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1b9e;
$custom-light: #865fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.527,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38434,
    "c": 0.18985,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1B9E

secondary

#9BC451

accent

#EE3AAD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1B9E

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

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