#4A1480#4A1480

#4A1480 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.164 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1480
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 128)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 84.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.00, 45.50, -49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.00, 67.26, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% 0.0824 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.164 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9695, 3.5146, 20.7291)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1480 #4A8014

analogous

#141480 #4A1480 #801480

triadic

#4A1480 #804A14 #14804A

tetradic

#4A1480 #801414 #4A8014 #148080

square

#4A1480 #801414 #4A8014 #148080

split-complementary

#4A1480 #808014 #148014

monochromatic

#0F041A #2B0C4B #4A1480 #691CB5 #8730DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#4A1480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4A1480 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1480

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1480	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.164 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa6',
    500: '#4a1480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1480;
$custom-light: #835aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3485,
    "c": 0.16393,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1480

secondary

#78B53B

accent

#F03894

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1480

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

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