#4A1778#4A1778

#4A1778 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.153 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1778
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 120)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 80.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.67, 42.30, -44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.67, 61.75, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(34.4% 0.0825 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(34.4% 0.153 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5198, 3.4247, 18.0832)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.19

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1778 #457817

analogous

#191778 #4A1778 #781775

triadic

#4A1778 #784A17 #17784A

tetradic

#4A1778 #781917 #457817 #177578

square

#4A1778 #781917 #457817 #177578

split-complementary

#4A1778 #757817 #177819

monochromatic

#10051A #2A0D45 #4A1778 #6A21AB #8932D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#4A1778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A1778 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1778

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1778	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.153 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba0',
    500: '#4a1778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1778;
$custom-light: #825ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.546,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34396,
    "c": 0.15257,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1778

secondary

#73AD3E

accent

#EB3D8F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1778

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

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