#4A1771#4A1771

#4A1771 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.145 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1771
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 113)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 79.6%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.06, 40.56, -41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.06, 58.02, 314.35°)
OKLab	oklab(33.78% 0.0843 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(33.78% 0.145 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1104, 3.2609, 15.9271)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1771 #3E7117

analogous

#1D1771 #4A1771 #71176B

triadic

#4A1771 #714A17 #17714A

tetradic

#4A1771 #711D17 #3E7117 #176B71

square

#4A1771 #711D17 #3E7117 #176B71

split-complementary

#4A1771 #6B7117 #17711D

monochromatic

#110519 #290D3E #4A1771 #6B21A4 #8C2ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#4A1771 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4A1771 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1771

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1771	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1771	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1771;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.145 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a9a',
    500: '#4a1771',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1771;
$custom-light: #815a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1771",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33779,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1771

secondary

#6BA73D

accent

#E93F89

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1771

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

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