#4A1E8E#4A1E8E

#4A1E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.169 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E8E
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.76, 44.99, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.76, 70.13, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.17% 0.07 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(37.17% 0.169 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1695, 4.3371, 25.9927)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E8E #628E1E

analogous

#1E2A8E #4A1E8E #821E8E

triadic

#4A1E8E #8E4A1E #1E8E4A

tetradic

#4A1E8E #8E1E2A #628E1E #1E8E82

square

#4A1E8E #8E1E2A #628E1E #1E8E82

split-complementary

#4A1E8E #8E821E #2A8E1E

monochromatic

#150929 #30135B #4A1E8E #6429C1 #844DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#4A1E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4A1E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E8E

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E8E	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.169 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fb0',
    500: '#4a1e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e8e;
$custom-light: #845fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37174,
    "c": 0.16943,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E8E

secondary

#90BC4C

accent

#E840A6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E8E

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

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