#4A1474#4A1474

#4A1474 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.151 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1474
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 116)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 82.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.89, 42.53, -43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.89, 60.97, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.0862 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.151 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2259, 3.2171, 16.8126)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1474 #3E7414

analogous

#1A1474 #4A1474 #74146E

triadic

#4A1474 #744A14 #14744A

tetradic

#4A1474 #741A14 #3E7414 #146E74

square

#4A1474 #741A14 #3E7414 #146E74

split-complementary

#4A1474 #6E7414 #14741A

monochromatic

#11051A #290B40 #4A1474 #6B1DA8 #8C28DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#4A1474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4A1474 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1474

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1474	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.151 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81599d',
    500: '#4a1474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1474;
$custom-light: #81599d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33743,
    "c": 0.15145,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1474

secondary

#6BAA3A

accent

#ED3A89

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1474

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

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