#4A1172#4A1172

#4A1172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.152 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1172
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.33, 43.17, -43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.33, 61.16, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(33.3% 0.0893 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(33.3% 0.152 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0611, 3.0717, 16.1899)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1172 #397211

analogous

#1A1172 #4A1172 #721169

triadic

#4A1172 #724A11 #11724A

tetradic

#4A1172 #721A11 #397211 #116972

square

#4A1172 #721A11 #397211 #116972

split-complementary

#4A1172 #697211 #11721A

monochromatic

#11041B #27093D #4A1172 #6D19A7 #8F21DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.01

#4A1172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4A1172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1172

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1172	1.00	13.01	1.61	13.01
#FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.152 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81589b',
    500: '#4a1172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1172;
$custom-light: #81589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.258,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33295,
    "c": 0.15231,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1172

secondary

#65A936

accent

#F13784

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1172

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

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