#4A1C8B#4A1C8B

#4A1C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.168 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1C8B
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.16, 45.08, -52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.16, 69.51, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% 0.0726 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.168 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8982, 4.1502, 24.8060)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1C8B #5D8B1C

analogous

#1C258B #4A1C8B #811C8B

triadic

#4A1C8B #8B4A1C #1C8B4A

tetradic

#4A1C8B #8B1C25 #5D8B1C #1C8B81

square

#4A1C8B #8B1C25 #5D8B1C #1C8B81

split-complementary

#4A1C8B #8B811C #258B1C

monochromatic

#140725 #2F1258 #4A1C8B #6526BE #8447DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#4A1C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4A1C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1C8B

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1C8B	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.168 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845eae',
    500: '#4a1c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1c8b;
$custom-light: #845eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.865,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36673,
    "c": 0.16812,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1C8B

secondary

#8BBC47

accent

#E93EA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1C8B

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

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