#4A1C8C#4A1C8C

#4A1C8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.169 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1C8C
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 140)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 80%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 45.34, -53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 70.03, 310.35°)
OKLab	oklab(36.77% 0.0723 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(36.77% 0.169 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9716, 4.1796, 25.1926)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1C8C #5E8C1C

analogous

#1C268C #4A1C8C #821C8C

triadic

#4A1C8C #8C4A1C #1C8C4A

tetradic

#4A1C8C #8C1C26 #5E8C1C #1C8C82

square

#4A1C8C #8C1C26 #5E8C1C #1C8C82

split-complementary

#4A1C8C #8C821C #268C1C

monochromatic

#140826 #2F1259 #4A1C8C #6526BF #8448DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#4A1C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4A1C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1C8C

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1C8C	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.169 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845eaf',
    500: '#4a1c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1c8c;
$custom-light: #845eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.643,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36768,
    "c": 0.16923,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1C8C

secondary

#8CBC48

accent

#EA3EA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1C8C

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

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