#4A1581#4A1581

#4A1581 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.164 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1581
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 83.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.22, 45.37, -49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.22, 67.38, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0813 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.164 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0536, 3.5771, 21.0834)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1581 #4C8115

analogous

#151681 #4A1581 #801581

triadic

#4A1581 #814A15 #15814A

tetradic

#4A1581 #811516 #4C8115 #158180

square

#4A1581 #811516 #4C8115 #158180

split-complementary

#4A1581 #818015 #168115

monochromatic

#0F041A #2C0C4C #4A1581 #681EB6 #8733DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4A1581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4A1581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1581

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1581	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.164 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa7',
    500: '#4a1581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1581;
$custom-light: #835aa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.444,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35034,
    "c": 0.16407,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1581

secondary

#7AB63C

accent

#EF3996

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1581

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

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