#4A1879#4A1879

#4A1879 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.153 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1879
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 121)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 80.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.91, 42.13, -45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.91, 61.82, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.0813 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.153 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6010, 3.4896, 18.4112)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1879 #477918

analogous

#191879 #4A1879 #791877

triadic

#4A1879 #794A18 #18794A

tetradic

#4A1879 #791918 #477918 #187779

square

#4A1879 #791918 #477918 #187779

split-complementary

#4A1879 #777918 #187919

monochromatic

#10051A #2B0E46 #4A1879 #6922AC #8835D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#4A1879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4A1879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1879

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1879	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.153 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba1',
    500: '#4a1879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1879;
$custom-light: #825ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.928,
    "s": 66.897,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34589,
    "c": 0.15257,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1879

secondary

#75AE3F

accent

#EA3E91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1879

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

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