#4A1972#4A1972

#4A1972 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.144 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1972
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 78.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.45, 39.92, -41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.45, 57.58, 313.90°)
OKLab	oklab(34.08% 0.0821 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(34.08% 0.144 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2082, 3.3660, 16.2390)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1972 #417219

analogous

#1E1972 #4A1972 #72196E

triadic

#4A1972 #724A19 #19724A

tetradic

#4A1972 #721E19 #417219 #196E72

square

#4A1972 #721E19 #417219 #196E72

split-complementary

#4A1972 #6E7219 #19721E

monochromatic

#100619 #290E40 #4A1972 #6B24A4 #8B33D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#4A1972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4A1972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1972

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1972	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.144 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b9b',
    500: '#4a1972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1972;
$custom-light: #815b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.034,
    "s": 64.029,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34082,
    "c": 0.14383,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1972

secondary

#6EA740

accent

#E7418B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1972

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

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