#4A1681#4A1681

#4A1681 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.163 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1681
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 82.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.35, 44.98, -49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.35, 66.95, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.0805 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.163 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0724, 3.6146, 21.0897)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1681 #4D8116

analogous

#161781 #4A1681 #801681

triadic

#4A1681 #814A16 #16814A

tetradic

#4A1681 #811617 #4D8116 #168180

square

#4A1681 #811617 #4D8116 #168180

split-complementary

#4A1681 #818016 #178116

monochromatic

#0F041A #2C0D4D #4A1681 #681FB5 #8635DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#4A1681 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4A1681 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1681

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1681	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1681	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1681;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.163 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba6',
    500: '#4a1681',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1681;
$custom-light: #835ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1681",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.159,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35127,
    "c": 0.16314,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1681

secondary

#7BB63D

accent

#EE3A96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1681

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

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