#4A1CA0#4A1CA0

#4A1CA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.191 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1CA0
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 160)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 82.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 50.70, -62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 80.44, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0656 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.191 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5826, 4.8240, 33.6771)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1CA0 #72A01C

analogous

#1C30A0 #4A1CA0 #8C1CA0

triadic

#4A1CA0 #A04A1C #1CA04A

tetradic

#4A1CA0 #A01C30 #72A01C #1CA08C

square

#4A1CA0 #A01C30 #72A01C #1CA08C

split-complementary

#4A1CA0 #A08C1C #30A01C

monochromatic

#1A0A38 #32136C #4A1CA0 #6225D4 #8655E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#4A1CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4A1CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1CA0

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1CA0	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.191 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fbd',
    500: '#4a1ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1ca0;
$custom-light: #875fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.909,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38731,
    "c": 0.19119,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1CA0

secondary

#9DC453

accent

#ED3BAF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1CA0

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

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