#4A1970#4A1970

#4A1970 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.142 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1970
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 112)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 77.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.29, 39.42, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.29, 56.50, 314.25°)
OKLab	oklab(33.91% 0.0825 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(33.91% 0.142 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0957, 3.3210, 15.6460)
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

#4A1970 #3F7019

analogous

#1E1970 #4A1970 #70196B

triadic

#4A1970 #704A19 #19704A

tetradic

#4A1970 #701E19 #3F7019 #196B70

square

#4A1970 #701E19 #3F7019 #196B70

split-complementary

#4A1970 #6B7019 #19701E

monochromatic

#110619 #290E3E #4A1970 #6B24A2 #8C32D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.62

#4A1970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4A1970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1970

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1970	1.00	12.62	1.66	12.62
#FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.142 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b9a',
    500: '#4a1970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1970;
$custom-light: #815b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.793,
    "s": 63.504,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33911,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1970

secondary

#6CA540

accent

#E74189

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1970

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

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