#4A1573#4A1573

#4A1573 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.149 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1573
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 115)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 81.7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.94, 41.89, -42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.94, 60.00, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(33.75% 0.0856 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(33.75% 0.149 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.1860, 3.2300, 16.5139)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1573 #3E7315

analogous

#1B1573 #4A1573 #73156D

triadic

#4A1573 #734A15 #15734A

tetradic

#4A1573 #731B15 #3E7315 #156D73

square

#4A1573 #731B15 #3E7315 #156D73

split-complementary

#4A1573 #6D7315 #15731B

monochromatic

#11051A #290C3F #4A1573 #6B1EA7 #8C2AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.76

#4A1573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4A1573 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1573

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1573	1.00	12.76	1.65	12.76
#FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.149 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81599c',
    500: '#4a1573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1573;
$custom-light: #81599c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.83,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3375,
    "c": 0.14938,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.0323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1573

secondary

#6BA93B

accent

#EC3C89

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1573

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

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