#4A1E8D#4A1E8D

#4A1E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.168 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E8D
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 78.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.66, 44.71, -53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.66, 69.60, 309.98°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.0703 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.168 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0947, 4.3073, 25.5990)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E8D #618D1E

analogous

#1E298D #4A1E8D #811E8D

triadic

#4A1E8D #8D4A1E #1E8D4A

tetradic

#4A1E8D #8D1E29 #618D1E #1E8D81

square

#4A1E8D #8D1E29 #618D1E #1E8D81

split-complementary

#4A1E8D #8D811E #298D1E

monochromatic

#150928 #30135B #4A1E8D #6429BF #844CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#4A1E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4A1E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E8D

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E8D	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.168 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845faf',
    500: '#4a1e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e8d;
$custom-light: #845faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.784,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3708,
    "c": 0.16831,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E8D

secondary

#8FBC4B

accent

#E840A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E8D

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

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