#4A1579#4A1579

#4A1579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.156 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1579
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 82.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.48, 43.37, -45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.48, 63.18, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(34.29% 0.0839 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(34.29% 0.156 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5426, 3.3726, 18.3918)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1579 #447915

analogous

#181579 #4A1579 #791576

triadic

#4A1579 #794A15 #15794A

tetradic

#4A1579 #791815 #447915 #157679

square

#4A1579 #791815 #447915 #157679

split-complementary

#4A1579 #767915 #157918

monochromatic

#10051A #2A0C45 #4A1579 #6A1EAD #892EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#4A1579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4A1579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1579

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1579	1.00	12.54	1.67	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.156 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa1',
    500: '#4a1579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1579;
$custom-light: #825aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.8,
    "s": 70.423,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3429,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1579

secondary

#71AF3B

accent

#ED3B8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1579

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

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