#4A1871#4A1871

#4A1871 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.144 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1871
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 113)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 78.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.21, 40.12, -41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.21, 57.53, 314.22°)
OKLab	oklab(33.89% 0.0833 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(33.89% 0.144 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1306, 3.3014, 15.9338)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1871 #3F7118

analogous

#1E1871 #4A1871 #71186C

triadic

#4A1871 #714A18 #18714A

tetradic

#4A1871 #711E18 #3F7118 #186C71

square

#4A1871 #711E18 #3F7118 #186C71

split-complementary

#4A1871 #6C7118 #18711E

monochromatic

#110519 #290D3F #4A1871 #6B23A3 #8C30D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#4A1871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4A1871 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1871

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1871	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.144 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b9a',
    500: '#4a1871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1871;
$custom-light: #815b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.708,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33886,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1871

secondary

#6CA63E

accent

#E8408A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1871

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

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