#4A0F76#4A0F76

#4A0F76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.158 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0F76
RGB	rgb(74, 15, 118)
HSL	hsl(274, 77%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 87%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 87.3%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.46, 44.80, -45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.46, 63.98, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(33.5% 0.0894 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(33.5% 0.158 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2641, 3.1055, 17.4054)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0F76 #3B760F

analogous

#160F76 #4A0F76 #760F6E

triadic

#4A0F76 #764A0F #0F764A

tetradic

#4A0F76 #76160F #3B760F #0F6E76

square

#4A0F76 #76160F #3B760F #0F6E76

split-complementary

#4A0F76 #6E760F #0F7616

monochromatic

#11031B #280840 #4A0F76 #6C16AC #8E1DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.95

#4A0F76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4A0F76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0F76

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0F76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0F76	1.00	12.95	1.62	12.95
#FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0f76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 15, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.158 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82579e',
    500: '#4a0f76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0f76;
$custom-light: #82579e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0f76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.369,
    "s": 77.444,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.335,
    "c": 0.15806,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0F76

secondary

#68AD33

accent

#F43486

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0F76

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

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