#4A1D9D#4A1D9D

#4A1D9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.187 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1D9D
RGB	rgb(74, 29, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 81.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.06, 49.48, -60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.06, 78.46, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% 0.066 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.187 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3475, 4.7685, 32.3196)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1D9D #709D1D

analogous

#1D309D #4A1D9D #8A1D9D

triadic

#4A1D9D #9D4A1D #1D9D4A

tetradic

#4A1D9D #9D1D30 #709D1D #1D9D8A

square

#4A1D9D #9D1D30 #709D1D #1D9D8A

split-complementary

#4A1D9D #9D8A1D #309D1D

monochromatic

#190A36 #321369 #4A1D9D #6227D1 #8655E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#4A1D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4A1D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1D9D

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1D9D	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 29, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.187 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660bb',
    500: '#4a1d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1d9d;
$custom-light: #8660bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.094,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38527,
    "c": 0.18706,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1D9D

secondary

#9CC353

accent

#EC3CAE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1D9D

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

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