#4A1C9F#4A1C9F

#4A1C9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.190 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1C9F
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 159)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 82.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 50.43, -62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 79.93, 309.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.0659 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.19 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.4955, 4.7891, 33.2182)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1C9F #719F1C

analogous

#1C309F #4A1C9F #8C1C9F

triadic

#4A1C9F #9F4A1C #1C9F4A

tetradic

#4A1C9F #9F1C30 #719F1C #1C9F8C

square

#4A1C9F #9F1C30 #719F1C #1C9F8C

split-complementary

#4A1C9F #9F8C1C #309F1C

monochromatic

#1A0A37 #32136B #4A1C9F #6225D3 #8654E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#4A1C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4A1C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1C9F

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1C9F	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.190 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fbd',
    500: '#4a1c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1c9f;
$custom-light: #875fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.069,
    "s": 70.053,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3863,
    "c": 0.1901,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1C9F

secondary

#9CC453

accent

#ED3BAE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1C9F

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

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