#4A1976#4A1976

#4A1976 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.148 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1976
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 118)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 78.8%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.80, 40.93, -43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.80, 59.73, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(34.43% 0.0811 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(34.43% 0.148 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4409, 3.4591, 17.4644)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1976 #457619

analogous

#1B1976 #4A1976 #761973

triadic

#4A1976 #764A19 #19764A

tetradic

#4A1976 #761B19 #457619 #197376

square

#4A1976 #761B19 #457619 #197376

split-complementary

#4A1976 #737619 #19761B

monochromatic

#100519 #2A0E43 #4A1976 #6A24A8 #8935D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#4A1976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A1976 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1976

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1976	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.148 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b9e',
    500: '#4a1976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1976;
$custom-light: #815b9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.613,
    "s": 65.035,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3443,
    "c": 0.1482,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1976

secondary

#73AB40

accent

#E8408F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1976

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

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