#4A1878#4A1878

#4A1878 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.151 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1878
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 120)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 80%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 41.88, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 61.29, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.0816 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.151 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5400, 3.4652, 18.0900)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.34

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1878 #467818

analogous

#1A1878 #4A1878 #781876

triadic

#4A1878 #784A18 #18784A

tetradic

#4A1878 #781A18 #467818 #187678

square

#4A1878 #781A18 #467818 #187678

split-complementary

#4A1878 #767818 #18781A

monochromatic

#10051A #2B0E45 #4A1878 #6922AB #8934D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#4A1878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A1878 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1878

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1878	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.151 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba0',
    500: '#4a1878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1878;
$custom-light: #825ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.25,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.345,
    "c": 0.15149,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1878

secondary

#74AD3F

accent

#EA3E90

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1878

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

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