#4A1978#4A1978

#4A1978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.150 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1978
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, 41.44, -44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 60.81, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.0806 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.15 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5610, 3.5072, 18.0969)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.50

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1978 #477819

analogous

#1A1978 #4A1978 #781976

triadic

#4A1978 #784A19 #19784A

tetradic

#4A1978 #781A19 #477819 #197678

square

#4A1978 #781A19 #477819 #197678

split-complementary

#4A1978 #767819 #19781A

monochromatic

#100519 #2B0E45 #4A1978 #6924AB #8836D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#4A1978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4A1978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1978

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1978	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.150 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca0',
    500: '#4a1978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1978;
$custom-light: #815ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.947,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34606,
    "c": 0.15038,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1978

secondary

#75AD40

accent

#E83F91

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1978

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

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