#4A1C96#4A1C96

#4A1C96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.180 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1C96
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 150)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 81.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.22, 48.02, -57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.22, 75.28, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.069 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.18 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7428, 4.4880, 29.2539)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1C96 #68961C

analogous

#1C2B96 #4A1C96 #871C96

triadic

#4A1C96 #964A1C #1C964A

tetradic

#4A1C96 #961C2B #68961C #1C9687

square

#4A1C96 #961C2B #68961C #1C9687

split-complementary

#4A1C96 #96871C #2B961C

monochromatic

#17092F #311262 #4A1C96 #6326CA #854EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#4A1C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4A1C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1C96

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1C96	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.180 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fb6',
    500: '#4a1c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1c96;
$custom-light: #855fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.623,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37734,
    "c": 0.18026,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1C96

secondary

#95C14D

accent

#EB3CA9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1C96

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