#4A1F8B#4A1F8B

#4A1F8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.165 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1F8B
RGB	rgb(74, 31, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 77.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 43.71, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 68.03, 309.98°)
OKLab	oklab(37.01% 0.07 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(37.01% 0.165 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9730, 4.2997, 24.8309)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1F8B #608B1F

analogous

#1F2A8B #4A1F8B #801F8B

triadic

#4A1F8B #8B4A1F #1F8B4A

tetradic

#4A1F8B #8B1F2A #608B1F #1F8B80

square

#4A1F8B #8B1F2A #608B1F #1F8B80

split-complementary

#4A1F8B #8B801F #2A8B1F

monochromatic

#150927 #2F1459 #4A1F8B #652ABD #844DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#4A1F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4A1F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1F8B

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1F8B	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 31, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.165 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360ae',
    500: '#4a1f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1f8b;
$custom-light: #8360ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.889,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37006,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1F8B

secondary

#8EBA4C

accent

#E741A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1F8B

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

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