#4A1E86#4A1E86

#4A1E86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.160 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E86
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 77.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 42.83, -50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 65.85, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.43% 0.0723 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(36.43% 0.16 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5903, 4.1055, 22.9422)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E86 #5A861E

analogous

#1E2686 #4A1E86 #7E1E86

triadic

#4A1E86 #864A1E #1E864A

tetradic

#4A1E86 #861E26 #5A861E #1E867E

square

#4A1E86 #861E26 #5A861E #1E867E

split-complementary

#4A1E86 #867E1E #26861E

monochromatic

#130822 #2E1354 #4A1E86 #6629B8 #8448D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#4A1E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A1E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E86

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E86	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.160 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835faa',
    500: '#4a1e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e86;
$custom-light: #835faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3643,
    "c": 0.1604,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E86

secondary

#89B847

accent

#E641A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E86

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

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