#4A1E88#4A1E88

#4A1E88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.163 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E88
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 136)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 77.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.20, 43.37, -50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.20, 66.92, 310.39°)
OKLab	oklab(36.61% 0.0717 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(36.61% 0.163 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7311, 4.1618, 23.6838)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E88 #5C881E

analogous

#1E2788 #4A1E88 #7F1E88

triadic

#4A1E88 #884A1E #1E884A

tetradic

#4A1E88 #881E27 #5C881E #1E887F

square

#4A1E88 #881E27 #5C881E #1E887F

split-complementary

#4A1E88 #887F1E #27881E

monochromatic

#130824 #2F1356 #4A1E88 #6529BA #8449D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#4A1E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4A1E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E88

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E88	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.163 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fac',
    500: '#4a1e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e88;
$custom-light: #835fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.906,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36614,
    "c": 0.16266,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E88

secondary

#8AB949

accent

#E741A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E88

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

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