#4A1B9F#4A1B9F

#4A1B9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.191 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1B9F
RGB	rgb(74, 27, 159)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 83%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.99, 50.83, -62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.99, 80.36, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0666 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.191 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4722, 4.7425, 33.2105)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1B9F #709F1B

analogous

#1B2E9F #4A1B9F #8C1B9F

triadic

#4A1B9F #9F4A1B #1B9F4A

tetradic

#4A1B9F #9F1B2E #709F1B #1B9F8C

square

#4A1B9F #9F1B2E #709F1B #1B9F8C

split-complementary

#4A1B9F #9F8C1B #2E9F1B

monochromatic

#190936 #32126B #4A1B9F #6224D3 #8653E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#4A1B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4A1B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1B9F

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1B9F	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 27, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.191 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fbd',
    500: '#4a1b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1b9f;
$custom-light: #875fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.364,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38535,
    "c": 0.19093,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1B9F

secondary

#9CC551

accent

#EE3AAE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1B9F

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

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