#4A1772#4A1772

#4A1772 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.146 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1772
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 79.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.15, 40.81, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.15, 58.55, 314.18°)
OKLab	oklab(33.87% 0.0841 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(33.87% 0.146 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1670, 3.2836, 16.2252)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1772 #3F7217

analogous

#1C1772 #4A1772 #72176D

triadic

#4A1772 #724A17 #17724A

tetradic

#4A1772 #721C17 #3F7217 #176D72

square

#4A1772 #721C17 #3F7217 #176D72

split-complementary

#4A1772 #6D7217 #17721C

monochromatic

#110519 #290D3F #4A1772 #6B21A5 #8C2ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#4A1772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4A1772 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1772

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1772	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.146 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a9b',
    500: '#4a1772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1772;
$custom-light: #815a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.626,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33865,
    "c": 0.14615,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1772

secondary

#6CA83D

accent

#E93E8A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1772

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

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