#4A1C8D#4A1C8D

#4A1C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.170 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1C8D
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 80.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 45.61, -53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 70.56, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.072 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.17 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.0457, 4.2092, 25.5827)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1C8D #5F8D1C

analogous

#1C268D #4A1C8D #821C8D

triadic

#4A1C8D #8D4A1C #1C8D4A

tetradic

#4A1C8D #8D1C26 #5F8D1C #1C8D82

square

#4A1C8D #8D1C26 #5F8D1C #1C8D82

split-complementary

#4A1C8D #8D821C #268D1C

monochromatic

#140827 #2F125A #4A1C8D #6526C0 #8449DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4A1C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4A1C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1C8D

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1C8D	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.170 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845eaf',
    500: '#4a1c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1c8d;
$custom-light: #845eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.425,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36863,
    "c": 0.17033,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1C8D

secondary

#8DBD48

accent

#EA3EA4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1C8D

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

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