#4A1272#4A1272

#4A1272 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.151 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1272
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 84.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.45, 42.81, -43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.45, 60.76, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(33.38% 0.0885 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(33.38% 0.151 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0769, 3.1034, 16.1952)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1272 #3A7212

analogous

#1A1272 #4A1272 #72126A

triadic

#4A1272 #724A12 #12724A

tetradic

#4A1272 #721A12 #3A7212 #126A72

square

#4A1272 #721A12 #3A7212 #126A72

split-complementary

#4A1272 #6A7212 #12721A

monochromatic

#11041A #280A3D #4A1272 #6C1AA7 #8F23DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#4A1272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4A1272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1272

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1272	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.151 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81589b',
    500: '#4a1272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1272;
$custom-light: #81589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33381,
    "c": 0.15137,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1272

secondary

#66A937

accent

#EF3885

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1272

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

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