#4A1779#4A1779

#4A1779 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.154 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1779
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 81%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.76, 42.56, -45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.76, 62.29, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.49% 0.0822 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(34.49% 0.154 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5808, 3.4491, 18.4045)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1779 #467917

analogous

#191779 #4A1779 #791777

triadic

#4A1779 #794A17 #17794A

tetradic

#4A1779 #791917 #467917 #177779

square

#4A1779 #791917 #467917 #177779

split-complementary

#4A1779 #777917 #177919

monochromatic

#10051A #2B0D46 #4A1779 #6921AC #8932D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#4A1779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A1779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1779

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1779	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.154 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba1',
    500: '#4a1779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1779;
$custom-light: #825ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.224,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34486,
    "c": 0.15364,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1779

secondary

#74AE3E

accent

#EB3D90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1779

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

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