#4A1781#4A1781

#4A1781 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.162 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1781
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 82.2%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.49, 44.59, -49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.49, 66.52, 312.09°)
OKLab	oklab(35.22% 0.0797 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(35.22% 0.162 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0919, 3.6535, 21.0962)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1781 #4E8117

analogous

#171981 #4A1781 #7F1781

triadic

#4A1781 #814A17 #17814A

tetradic

#4A1781 #811719 #4E8117 #17817F

square

#4A1781 #811719 #4E8117 #17817F

split-complementary

#4A1781 #817F17 #198117

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0E4D #4A1781 #6820B5 #8637DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#4A1781 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4A1781 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1781

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1781	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1781	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1781;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.162 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba6',
    500: '#4a1781',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1781;
$custom-light: #835ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1781",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.868,
    "s": 69.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35222,
    "c": 0.16218,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1781

secondary

#7CB53E

accent

#ED3B97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1781

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

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