#4A1E8A#4A1E8A

#4A1E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.165 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E8A
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 43.91, -51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 67.99, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.0712 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.165 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8745, 4.2192, 24.4393)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E8A #5E8A1E

analogous

#1E288A #4A1E8A #801E8A

triadic

#4A1E8A #8A4A1E #1E8A4A

tetradic

#4A1E8A #8A1E28 #5E8A1E #1E8A80

square

#4A1E8A #8A1E28 #5E8A1E #1E8A80

split-complementary

#4A1E8A #8A801E #288A1E

monochromatic

#140825 #2F1358 #4A1E8A #6529BC #844BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#4A1E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4A1E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E8A

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E8A	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.165 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fad',
    500: '#4a1e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e8a;
$custom-light: #835fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36799,
    "c": 0.16493,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E8A

secondary

#8CBA4A

accent

#E741A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E8A

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

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