#4A1CA1#4A1CA1

#4A1CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.192 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1CA1
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 161)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 82.6%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 50.97, -62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 80.95, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.0652 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.192 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6704, 4.8591, 34.1397)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1CA1 #73A11C

analogous

#1C31A1 #4A1CA1 #8D1CA1

triadic

#4A1CA1 #A14A1C #1CA14A

tetradic

#4A1CA1 #A11C31 #73A11C #1CA18D

square

#4A1CA1 #A11C31 #73A11C #1CA18D

split-complementary

#4A1CA1 #A18D1C #31A11C

monochromatic

#1A0A39 #32136D #4A1CA1 #6225D5 #8656E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#4A1CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4A1CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1CA1

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1CA1	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.192 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760be',
    500: '#4a1ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1ca1;
$custom-light: #8760be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.752,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38832,
    "c": 0.19228,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1CA1

secondary

#9EC554

accent

#ED3BAF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1CA1

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

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