#4A1E82#4A1E82

#4A1E82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.156 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E82
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 130)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 76.9%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 41.75, -48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 63.69, 310.97°)
OKLab	oklab(36.07% 0.0733 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(36.07% 0.156 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3165, 3.9960, 21.5006)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E82 #56821E

analogous

#1E2482 #4A1E82 #7C1E82

triadic

#4A1E82 #824A1E #1E824A

tetradic

#4A1E82 #821E24 #56821E #1E827C

square

#4A1E82 #821E24 #56821E #1E827C

split-complementary

#4A1E82 #827C1E #24821E

monochromatic

#11071F #2E1350 #4A1E82 #6629B4 #8546D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4A1E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4A1E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E82

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E82	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.156 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fa7',
    500: '#4a1e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e82;
$custom-light: #825fa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36066,
    "c": 0.15586,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E82

secondary

#85B547

accent

#E6429E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E82

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

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