#4A1877#4A1877

#4A1877 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.150 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1877
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 119)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 79.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.73, 41.63, -44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.73, 60.75, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.41% 0.0818 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(34.41% 0.15 303)
XYZ	xyz(6.4797, 3.4410, 17.7720)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1877 #457718

analogous

#1A1877 #4A1877 #771874

triadic

#4A1877 #774A18 #18774A

tetradic

#4A1877 #771A18 #457718 #187477

square

#4A1877 #771A18 #457718 #187477

split-complementary

#4A1877 #747718 #18771A

monochromatic

#100519 #2A0E44 #4A1877 #6A22AA #8933D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#4A1877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A1877 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1877

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1877	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.150 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b9f',
    500: '#4a1877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1877;
$custom-light: #815b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 66.434,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34411,
    "c": 0.15041,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.03441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1877

secondary

#73AC3F

accent

#E93E8F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1877

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

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