#4A1E8B#4A1E8B

#4A1E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.166 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E8B
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 44.18, -52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 68.53, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.89% 0.0709 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(36.89% 0.166 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9473, 4.2483, 24.8224)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E8B #5F8B1E

analogous

#1E298B #4A1E8B #801E8B

triadic

#4A1E8B #8B4A1E #1E8B4A

tetradic

#4A1E8B #8B1E29 #5F8B1E #1E8B80

square

#4A1E8B #8B1E29 #5F8B1E #1E8B80

split-complementary

#4A1E8B #8B801E #298B1E

monochromatic

#140826 #2F1359 #4A1E8B #6529BD #844BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#4A1E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4A1E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E8B

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E8B	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.166 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fae',
    500: '#4a1e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e8b;
$custom-light: #835fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.22,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36892,
    "c": 0.16605,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E8B

secondary

#8DBB4A

accent

#E740A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E8B

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

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