#4A1775#4A1775

#4A1775 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.149 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1775
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 117)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 80.3%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.41, 41.55, -43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.41, 60.15, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.13% 0.0833 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(34.13% 0.149 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3406, 3.3530, 17.1393)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1775 #427517

analogous

#1B1775 #4A1775 #751771

triadic

#4A1775 #754A17 #17754A

tetradic

#4A1775 #751B17 #427517 #177175

square

#4A1775 #751B17 #427517 #177175

split-complementary

#4A1775 #717517 #17751B

monochromatic

#10051A #2A0D42 #4A1775 #6A21A8 #8A30D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#4A1775 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4A1775 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1775

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1775	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1775	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1775;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.149 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a9e',
    500: '#4a1775',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1775;
$custom-light: #815a9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1775",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.553,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34129,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1775

secondary

#6FAA3D

accent

#EA3E8D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1775

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

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