#4A1578#4A1578

#4A1578 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.155 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1578
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 120)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 82.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.39, 43.12, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.39, 62.65, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(34.2% 0.0842 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(34.2% 0.155 303)
XYZ	xyz(6.4816, 3.3482, 18.0705)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1578 #437815

analogous

#181578 #4A1578 #781575

triadic

#4A1578 #784A15 #15784A

tetradic

#4A1578 #781815 #437815 #157578

square

#4A1578 #781815 #437815 #157578

split-complementary

#4A1578 #757815 #157818

monochromatic

#10051A #2A0C44 #4A1578 #6A1EAC #8A2DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.58

#4A1578 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4A1578 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1578

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1578	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1578	1.00	12.58	1.67	12.58
#FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1578;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.155 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa0',
    500: '#4a1578',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1578;
$custom-light: #825aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1578",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.121,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34199,
    "c": 0.15462,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.03348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1578

secondary

#70AE3B

accent

#ED3B8E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1578

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

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