#4A1881#4A1881

#4A1881 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.161 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1881
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 81.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.63, 44.18, -49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.63, 66.07, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(35.32% 0.0789 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(35.32% 0.161 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1121, 3.6940, 21.1029)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1881 #4F8118

analogous

#181B81 #4A1881 #7E1881

triadic

#4A1881 #814A18 #18814A

tetradic

#4A1881 #81181B #4F8118 #18817E

square

#4A1881 #81181B #4F8118 #18817E

split-complementary

#4A1881 #817E18 #1B8118

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0E4D #4A1881 #6822B5 #8639DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#4A1881 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4A1881 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1881

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1881	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1881	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1881;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.161 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca6',
    500: '#4a1881',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1881;
$custom-light: #835ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1881",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35321,
    "c": 0.1612,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1881

secondary

#7DB540

accent

#EB3C98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1881

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

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