#4A1E9D#4A1E9D

#4A1E9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.186 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E9D
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 80.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.21, 49.05, -60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.21, 78.00, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.0653 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.186 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3724, 4.8183, 32.3279)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E9D #719D1E

analogous

#1E329D #4A1E9D #8A1E9D

triadic

#4A1E9D #9D4A1E #1E9D4A

tetradic

#4A1E9D #9D1E32 #719D1E #1E9D8A

square

#4A1E9D #9D1E32 #719D1E #1E9D8A

split-complementary

#4A1E9D #9D8A1E #329D1E

monochromatic

#1A0A36 #32146A #4A1E9D #6228D0 #8657DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#4A1E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4A1E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E9D

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E9D	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.186 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660bb',
    500: '#4a1e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e9d;
$custom-light: #8660bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.787,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38628,
    "c": 0.18616,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E9D

secondary

#9CC254

accent

#EB3DAF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E9D

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

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