#4A1D87#4A1D87

#4A1D87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.163 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1D87
RGB	rgb(74, 29, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 78.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 43.56, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 66.89, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.0729 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.163 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6354, 4.0837, 23.3029)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1D87 #5A871D

analogous

#1D2587 #4A1D87 #7F1D87

triadic

#4A1D87 #874A1D #1D874A

tetradic

#4A1D87 #871D25 #5A871D #1D877F

square

#4A1D87 #871D25 #5A871D #1D877F

split-complementary

#4A1D87 #877F1D #25871D

monochromatic

#130722 #2E1255 #4A1D87 #6628B9 #8447D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#4A1D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A1D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1D87

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1D87	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 29, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.163 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eab',
    500: '#4a1d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1d87;
$custom-light: #835eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.472,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36408,
    "c": 0.16262,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1D87

secondary

#89B946

accent

#E840A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1D87

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

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