#4A1173#4A1173

#4A1173 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.153 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1173
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 115)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 85.2%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.42, 43.41, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.42, 61.68, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(33.39% 0.0889 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(33.39% 0.153 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1183, 3.0946, 16.4913)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1173 #3A7311

analogous

#191173 #4A1173 #73116B

triadic

#4A1173 #734A11 #11734A

tetradic

#4A1173 #731911 #3A7311 #116B73

square

#4A1173 #731911 #3A7311 #116B73

split-complementary

#4A1173 #6B7311 #117319

monochromatic

#11041B #28093E #4A1173 #6C19A8 #8F21DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#4A1173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4A1173 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1173

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1173	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.153 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81589c',
    500: '#4a1173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1173;
$custom-light: #81589c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.898,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33385,
    "c": 0.15332,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1173

secondary

#66AA36

accent

#F13785

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1173

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

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