#4A1E85#4A1E85

#4A1E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.159 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E85
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 77.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 42.56, -49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 65.31, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.34% 0.0726 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(36.34% 0.159 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5208, 4.0777, 22.5766)
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

#4A1E85 #59851E

analogous

#1E2685 #4A1E85 #7E1E85

triadic

#4A1E85 #854A1E #1E854A

tetradic

#4A1E85 #851E26 #59851E #1E857E

square

#4A1E85 #851E26 #59851E #1E857E

split-complementary

#4A1E85 #857E1E #26851E

monochromatic

#120721 #2E1353 #4A1E85 #6629B7 #8448D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#4A1E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A1E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E85

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E85	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.159 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fa9',
    500: '#4a1e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e85;
$custom-light: #835fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.631,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36338,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E85

secondary

#88B847

accent

#E642A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E85

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

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