#4A1973#4A1973

#4A1973 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.145 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1973
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 115)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 78.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.54, 40.18, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.54, 58.12, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(34.17% 0.0819 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(34.17% 0.145 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2655, 3.3889, 16.5404)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1973 #427319

analogous

#1D1973 #4A1973 #73196F

triadic

#4A1973 #734A19 #19734A

tetradic

#4A1973 #731D19 #427319 #196F73

square

#4A1973 #731D19 #427319 #196F73

split-complementary

#4A1973 #6F7319 #19731D

monochromatic

#100519 #2A0E41 #4A1973 #6A24A5 #8A34D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#4A1973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4A1973 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1973

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1973	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.145 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b9c',
    500: '#4a1973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1973;
$custom-light: #815b9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34169,
    "c": 0.14492,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1973

secondary

#6FA840

accent

#E7418C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1973

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

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