#4A1872#4A1872

#4A1872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.145 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1872
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.30, 40.37, -41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.30, 58.07, 314.04°)
OKLab	oklab(33.97% 0.0831 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(33.97% 0.145 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.1872, 3.3241, 16.2320)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1872 #407218

analogous

#1D1872 #4A1872 #72186D

triadic

#4A1872 #724A18 #18724A

tetradic

#4A1872 #721D18 #407218 #186D72

square

#4A1872 #721D18 #407218 #186D72

split-complementary

#4A1872 #6D7218 #18721D

monochromatic

#100519 #290D3F #4A1872 #6B23A5 #8B31D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#4A1872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4A1872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1872

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1872	1.00	12.61	1.66	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.145 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b9b',
    500: '#4a1872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1872;
$custom-light: #815b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33972,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1872

secondary

#6DA73E

accent

#E8408B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1872

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

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