#4A1580#4A1580

#4A1580 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.163 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1580
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 128)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 83.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.13, 45.12, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.13, 66.85, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0816 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.163 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9875, 3.5506, 20.7351)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1580 #4B8015

analogous

#151580 #4A1580 #801580

triadic

#4A1580 #804A15 #15804A

tetradic

#4A1580 #801515 #4B8015 #158080

square

#4A1580 #801515 #4B8015 #158080

split-complementary

#4A1580 #808015 #158015

monochromatic

#0F041A #2C0C4B #4A1580 #681EB5 #8732DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#4A1580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4A1580 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1580

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1580	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.163 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa6',
    500: '#4a1580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1580;
$custom-light: #835aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.72,
    "s": 71.812,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3494,
    "c": 0.16301,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1580

secondary

#79B53C

accent

#EF3995

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1580

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

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