#4A1E89#4A1E89

#4A1E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.164 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E89
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 137)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 78.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.29, 43.64, -51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.29, 67.46, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0715 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.164 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8025, 4.1903, 24.0598)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E89 #5D891E

analogous

#1E2789 #4A1E89 #7F1E89

triadic

#4A1E89 #894A1E #1E894A

tetradic

#4A1E89 #891E27 #5D891E #1E897F

square

#4A1E89 #891E27 #5D891E #1E897F

split-complementary

#4A1E89 #897F1E #27891E

monochromatic

#140825 #2F1357 #4A1E89 #6529BB #844AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4A1E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4A1E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E89

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E89	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.164 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fac',
    500: '#4a1e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e89;
$custom-light: #835fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.673,
    "s": 64.072,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36706,
    "c": 0.1638,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E89

secondary

#8BBA49

accent

#E741A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E89

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

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