#4A1176#4A1176

#4A1176 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.156 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1176
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 118)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 86%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 85.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.69, 44.13, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.69, 63.24, 314.25°)
OKLab	oklab(33.66% 0.088 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(33.66% 0.156 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2937, 3.1648, 17.4153)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1176 #3D7611

analogous

#171176 #4A1176 #761170

triadic

#4A1176 #764A11 #11764A

tetradic

#4A1176 #761711 #3D7611 #117076

square

#4A1176 #761711 #3D7611 #117076

split-complementary

#4A1176 #707611 #117617

monochromatic

#11041B #280941 #4A1176 #6C19AB #8D22DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.86

#4A1176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4A1176 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1176

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1176	1.00	12.86	1.63	12.86
#FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.156 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82589e',
    500: '#4a1176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1176;
$custom-light: #82589e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.861,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33659,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1176

secondary

#6AAD36

accent

#F13688

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1176

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

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