#4A1C8E#4A1C8E

#4A1C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.171 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1C8E
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 45.88, -54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 71.09, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.0716 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.171 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1204, 4.2391, 25.9763)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1C8E #608E1C

analogous

#1C278E #4A1C8E #831C8E

triadic

#4A1C8E #8E4A1C #1C8E4A

tetradic

#4A1C8E #8E1C27 #608E1C #1C8E83

square

#4A1C8E #8E1C27 #608E1C #1C8E83

split-complementary

#4A1C8E #8E831C #278E1C

monochromatic

#150828 #2F125B #4A1C8E #6526C1 #8449DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4A1C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4A1C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1C8E

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1C8E	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.171 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845eb0',
    500: '#4a1c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1c8e;
$custom-light: #845eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.211,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36958,
    "c": 0.17144,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1C8E

secondary

#8EBD49

accent

#EA3EA5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1C8E

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

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