#4A1E87#4A1E87

#4A1E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.162 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E87
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 77.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.11, 43.10, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.11, 66.39, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.52% 0.072 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(36.52% 0.162 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6603, 4.1335, 23.3112)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E87 #5B871E

analogous

#1E2787 #4A1E87 #7F1E87

triadic

#4A1E87 #874A1E #1E874A

tetradic

#4A1E87 #871E27 #5B871E #1E877F

square

#4A1E87 #871E27 #5B871E #1E877F

split-complementary

#4A1E87 #877F1E #27871E

monochromatic

#130823 #2F1355 #4A1E87 #6529B9 #8449D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#4A1E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4A1E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E87

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E87	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.162 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fab',
    500: '#4a1e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e87;
$custom-light: #835fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36521,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E87

secondary

#8AB948

accent

#E741A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E87

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

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