#4A1481#4A1481

#4A1481 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.165 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1481
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 129)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 84.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.09, 45.75, -50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.09, 67.78, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.082 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.165 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0356, 3.5411, 21.0774)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1481 #4B8114

analogous

#141581 #4A1481 #811481

triadic

#4A1481 #814A14 #14814A

tetradic

#4A1481 #811415 #4B8114 #148181

square

#4A1481 #811415 #4B8114 #148181

split-complementary

#4A1481 #818114 #158114

monochromatic

#0F041A #2C0C4C #4A1481 #681CB6 #8730DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#4A1481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4A1481 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1481

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1481	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.165 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa7',
    500: '#4a1481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1481;
$custom-light: #835aa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.725,
    "s": 73.154,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34945,
    "c": 0.16497,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1481

secondary

#79B63B

accent

#F03895

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1481

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

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