#4A1174#4A1174

#4A1174 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.154 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1174
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 116)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 85.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.51, 43.65, -44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.51, 62.20, 314.57°)
OKLab	oklab(33.48% 0.0886 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(33.48% 0.154 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.1762, 3.1177, 16.7960)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1174 #3B7411

analogous

#181174 #4A1174 #74116C

triadic

#4A1174 #744A11 #11744A

tetradic

#4A1174 #741811 #3B7411 #116C74

square

#4A1174 #741811 #3B7411 #116C74

split-complementary

#4A1174 #6C7411 #117418

monochromatic

#11041B #28093F #4A1174 #6C19A9 #8E21DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.93

#4A1174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4A1174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1174

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1174	1.00	12.93	1.62	12.93
#FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.154 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82589d',
    500: '#4a1174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1174;
$custom-light: #82589d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33476,
    "c": 0.15434,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1174

secondary

#68AB36

accent

#F13786

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1174

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

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