#4A1C87#4A1C87

#4A1C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.164 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1C87
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 79.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.79, 44.01, -51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.79, 67.38, 310.78°)
OKLab	oklab(36.3% 0.0738 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(36.3% 0.164 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6113, 4.0355, 23.2949)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1C87 #59871C

analogous

#1C2487 #4A1C87 #801C87

triadic

#4A1C87 #874A1C #1C874A

tetradic

#4A1C87 #871C24 #59871C #1C8780

square

#4A1C87 #871C24 #59871C #1C8780

split-complementary

#4A1C87 #87801C #24871C

monochromatic

#120722 #2E1154 #4A1C87 #6627BA #8445D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#4A1C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4A1C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1C87

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1C87	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.164 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eab',
    500: '#4a1c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1c87;
$custom-light: #835eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.794,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36298,
    "c": 0.16367,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1C87

secondary

#88BA45

accent

#E93FA0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1C87

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

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