#4A1479#4A1479

#4A1479 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.157 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1479
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 83.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.34, 43.76, -46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.34, 63.60, 313.47°)
OKLab	oklab(34.2% 0.0847 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(34.2% 0.157 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5246, 3.3366, 18.3857)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.66

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1479 #437914

analogous

#171479 #4A1479 #791475

triadic

#4A1479 #794A14 #14794A

tetradic

#4A1479 #791714 #437914 #147579

square

#4A1479 #791714 #437914 #147579

split-complementary

#4A1479 #757914 #147917

monochromatic

#10041A #2A0B44 #4A1479 #6A1DAE #8A2BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#4A1479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4A1479 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1479

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1479	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.157 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8259a1',
    500: '#4a1479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1479;
$custom-light: #8259a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.079,
    "s": 71.631,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34197,
    "c": 0.15665,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1479

secondary

#70AF3A

accent

#EE398E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1479

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

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