#4A1E96#4A1E96

#4A1E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.178 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E96
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 80%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 47.15, -57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 74.35, 309.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.0676 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.178 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7918, 4.5861, 29.2702)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E96 #6A961E

analogous

#1E2E96 #4A1E96 #861E96

triadic

#4A1E96 #964A1E #1E964A

tetradic

#4A1E96 #961E2E #6A961E #1E9686

square

#4A1E96 #961E2E #6A961E #1E9686

split-complementary

#4A1E96 #96861E #2E961E

monochromatic

#180A30 #311463 #4A1E96 #6328C9 #8552DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#4A1E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4A1E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E96

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E96	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.178 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560b6',
    500: '#4a1e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e96;
$custom-light: #8560b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37941,
    "c": 0.17839,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E96

secondary

#97BF50

accent

#EA3EAB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E96

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

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