#4A1971#4A1971

#4A1971 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.143 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1971
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 113)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 77.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.37, 39.67, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.37, 57.04, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(34% 0.0823 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(34% 0.143 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1516, 3.3434, 15.9408)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1971 #407119

analogous

#1E1971 #4A1971 #71196C

triadic

#4A1971 #714A19 #19714A

tetradic

#4A1971 #711E19 #407119 #196C71

square

#4A1971 #711E19 #407119 #196C71

split-complementary

#4A1971 #6C7119 #19711E

monochromatic

#100619 #290E3F #4A1971 #6B24A3 #8B33D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#4A1971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4A1971 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1971

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1971	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.143 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b9a',
    500: '#4a1971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1971;
$custom-light: #815b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.409,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33997,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1971

secondary

#6DA640

accent

#E7418A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1971

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

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