#4A1E9E#4A1E9E

#4A1E9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.187 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E9E
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 158)
HSL	hsl(261, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 81%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.31, 49.33, -61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.31, 78.52, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0649 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.187 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.4581, 4.8526, 32.7794)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E9E #729E1E

analogous

#1E329E #4A1E9E #8A1E9E

triadic

#4A1E9E #9E4A1E #1E9E4A

tetradic

#4A1E9E #9E1E32 #729E1E #1E9E8A

square

#4A1E9E #9E1E32 #729E1E #1E9E8A

split-complementary

#4A1E9E #9E8A1E #329E1E

monochromatic

#1A0A37 #32146B #4A1E9E #6228D1 #8657DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#4A1E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4A1E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E9E

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E9E	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.187 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660bc',
    500: '#4a1e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e9e;
$custom-light: #8660bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38728,
    "c": 0.18727,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E9E

secondary

#9DC355

accent

#EB3DAF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E9E

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

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