#4A1CA9#4A1CA9

#4A1CA9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.201 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1CA9
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 169)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 83.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.16, 53.11, -66.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.16, 85.00, 308.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.65% 0.0623 -0.191)
OKLCH	oklch(39.65% 0.201 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3986, 5.1504, 37.9746)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1CA9 #7BA91C

analogous

#1C35A9 #4A1CA9 #901CA9

triadic

#4A1CA9 #A94A1C #1CA94A

tetradic

#4A1CA9 #A91C35 #7BA91C #1CA990

square

#4A1CA9 #A91C35 #7BA91C #1CA990

split-complementary

#4A1CA9 #A9901C #35A91C

monochromatic

#1C0B40 #331374 #4A1CA9 #6227DB #885BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#4A1CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4A1CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1CA9

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1CA9	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.201 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860c4',
    500: '#4a1ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1ca9;
$custom-light: #8860c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.574,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39651,
    "c": 0.20095,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1CA9

secondary

#A4C859

accent

#EE39B3

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F1EAF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1CA9

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

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