#4A1E97#4A1E97

#4A1E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.179 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E97
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 80.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.62, 47.43, -57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.62, 74.88, 309.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0672 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.18 292)
XYZ	xyz(8.8726, 4.6184, 29.6961)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E97 #6B971E

analogous

#1E2E97 #4A1E97 #861E97

triadic

#4A1E97 #974A1E #1E974A

tetradic

#4A1E97 #971E2E #6B971E #1E9786

square

#4A1E97 #971E2E #6B971E #1E9786

split-complementary

#4A1E97 #97861E #2E971E

monochromatic

#180A31 #311464 #4A1E97 #6328CA #8553DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#4A1E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4A1E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E97

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E97	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.179 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560b7',
    500: '#4a1e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e97;
$custom-light: #8560b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38038,
    "c": 0.1795,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.04619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E97

secondary

#98C051

accent

#EA3EAB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E97

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

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