#4A1472#4A1472

#4A1472 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.149 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1472
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 82.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.72, 42.04, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.72, 59.92, 314.56°)
OKLab	oklab(33.57% 0.0868 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(33.57% 0.149 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1108, 3.1711, 16.2065)
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

#4A1472 #3C7214

analogous

#1B1472 #4A1472 #72146B

triadic

#4A1472 #724A14 #14724A

tetradic

#4A1472 #721B14 #3C7214 #146B72

square

#4A1472 #721B14 #3C7214 #146B72

split-complementary

#4A1472 #6B7214 #14721B

monochromatic

#11051A #280B3E #4A1472 #6C1DA6 #8D27D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#4A1472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4A1472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1472

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1472	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)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.149 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81599b',
    500: '#4a1472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1472;
$custom-light: #81599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.468,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33565,
    "c": 0.14938,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1472

secondary

#69A839

accent

#ED3B87

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1472

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

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