#4A1569#4A1569

#4A1569 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.139 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1569
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 105)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 80%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.09, 39.47, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.09, 54.69, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(32.89% 0.0881 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(32.89% 0.139 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6415, 3.0122, 13.6461)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1569 #346915

analogous

#201569 #4A1569 #69155E

triadic

#4A1569 #694A15 #15694A

tetradic

#4A1569 #692015 #346915 #155E69

square

#4A1569 #692015 #346915 #155E69

split-complementary

#4A1569 #5E6915 #156920

monochromatic

#12051A #260B36 #4A1569 #6E1F9C #9229CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11

#4A1569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4A1569 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1569

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1569	1.00	13.11	1.60	13.11
#FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.139 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805994',
    500: '#4a1569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1569;
$custom-light: #805994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32888,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1569

secondary

#60A03A

accent

#EA3E7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1569

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

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