#4A1D8D#4A1D8D

#4A1D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.169 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1D8D
RGB	rgb(74, 29, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.50, 45.17, -53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.50, 70.09, 310.13°)
OKLab	oklab(36.97% 0.0711 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(36.97% 0.169 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0698, 4.2574, 25.5907)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1D8D #608D1D

analogous

#1D288D #4A1D8D #821D8D

triadic

#4A1D8D #8D4A1D #1D8D4A

tetradic

#4A1D8D #8D1D28 #608D1D #1D8D82

square

#4A1D8D #8D1D28 #608D1D #1D8D82

split-complementary

#4A1D8D #8D821D #288D1D

monochromatic

#150827 #2F135A #4A1D8D #6527C0 #844BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#4A1D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4A1D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1D8D

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1D8D	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 29, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.169 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845faf',
    500: '#4a1d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1d8d;
$custom-light: #845faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.107,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3697,
    "c": 0.16934,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1D8D

secondary

#8EBC4A

accent

#E93FA5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1D8D

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

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