#4A1275#4A1275

#4A1275 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.154 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1275
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 117)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 85%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 84.6%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.72, 43.53, -44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.72, 62.33, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(33.65% 0.0875 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(33.65% 0.154 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2505, 3.1728, 17.1093)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1275 #3D7512

analogous

#181275 #4A1275 #75126F

triadic

#4A1275 #754A12 #12754A

tetradic

#4A1275 #751812 #3D7512 #126F75

square

#4A1275 #751812 #3D7512 #126F75

split-complementary

#4A1275 #6F7512 #127518

monochromatic

#11041B #280A40 #4A1275 #6C1AAA #8D24DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#4A1275 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4A1275 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1275

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1275	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1275	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1275;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.154 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82589e',
    500: '#4a1275',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1275;
$custom-light: #82589e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1275",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.939,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33652,
    "c": 0.15443,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1275

secondary

#6AAC37

accent

#F03888

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1275

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

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