#4A1C97#4A1C97

#4A1C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.181 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1C97
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 81.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.32, 48.28, -58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.32, 75.80, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.0687 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.181 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8236, 4.5204, 29.6798)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1C97 #69971C

analogous

#1C2C97 #4A1C97 #871C97

triadic

#4A1C97 #974A1C #1C974A

tetradic

#4A1C97 #971C2C #69971C #1C9787

square

#4A1C97 #971C2C #69971C #1C9787

split-complementary

#4A1C97 #97871C #2C971C

monochromatic

#170930 #311263 #4A1C97 #6326CB #854FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#4A1C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4A1C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1C97

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1C97	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.181 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fb7',
    500: '#4a1c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1c97;
$custom-light: #855fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.439,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37832,
    "c": 0.18135,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1C97

secondary

#96C14E

accent

#EC3CAA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1C97

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

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