#4A1572#4A1572

#4A1572 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.148 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1572
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 81.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.85, 41.64, -42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.85, 59.47, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(33.66% 0.0859 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(33.66% 0.148 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1288, 3.2071, 16.2125)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1572 #3D7215

analogous

#1C1572 #4A1572 #72156C

triadic

#4A1572 #724A15 #15724A

tetradic

#4A1572 #721C15 #3D7215 #156C72

square

#4A1572 #721C15 #3D7215 #156C72

split-complementary

#4A1572 #6C7215 #15721C

monochromatic

#11051A #280B3E #4A1572 #6C1FA6 #8D2AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.79

#4A1572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4A1572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1572

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1572	1.00	12.79	1.64	12.79
#FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.148 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81599b',
    500: '#4a1572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1572;
$custom-light: #81599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.194,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33662,
    "c": 0.14833,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1572

secondary

#6AA83B

accent

#EC3C88

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1572

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

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