#4A1477#4A1477

#4A1477 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.155 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1477
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 119)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 83.2%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.16, 43.27, -45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.16, 62.55, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(34.01% 0.0853 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(34.01% 0.155 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4032, 3.2881, 17.7465)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1477 #417714

analogous

#181477 #4A1477 #771473

triadic

#4A1477 #774A14 #14774A

tetradic

#4A1477 #771814 #417714 #147377

square

#4A1477 #771814 #417714 #147377

split-complementary

#4A1477 #737714 #147718

monochromatic

#10041A #290B43 #4A1477 #6B1DAB #8B2ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#4A1477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4A1477 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1477

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1477	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.155 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82599f',
    500: '#4a1477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1477;
$custom-light: #82599f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 71.223,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34014,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1477

secondary

#6EAD3A

accent

#EE3A8C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1477

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

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