#4A1281#4A1281

#4A1281 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.167 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1281
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 129)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 86%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.85, 46.46, -50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.85, 68.56, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(34.78% 0.0835 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(34.78% 0.167 300)
XYZ	xyz(7.0018, 3.4734, 21.0662)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1281 #498112

analogous

#121281 #4A1281 #811281

triadic

#4A1281 #814A12 #12814A

tetradic

#4A1281 #811212 #498112 #128181

square

#4A1281 #811212 #498112 #128181

split-complementary

#4A1281 #818112 #128112

monochromatic

#0F041B #2B0B4B #4A1281 #6919B7 #882CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#4A1281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A1281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1281

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1281	1.00	12.39	1.69	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.167 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8359a7',
    500: '#4a1281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1281;
$custom-light: #8359a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.27,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34776,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.03473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1281

secondary

#77B738

accent

#F23693

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1281

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

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