#4A1979#4A1979

#4A1979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.151 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1979
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.06, 41.70, -44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.06, 61.34, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.7% 0.0804 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(34.7% 0.151 302)
XYZ	xyz(6.6220, 3.5316, 18.4182)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.40

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1979 #487919

analogous

#1A1979 #4A1979 #791978

triadic

#4A1979 #794A19 #19794A

tetradic

#4A1979 #791A19 #487919 #197879

square

#4A1979 #791A19 #487919 #197879

split-complementary

#4A1979 #787919 #19791A

monochromatic

#100519 #2B0F46 #4A1979 #6923AC #8837D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#4A1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4A1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1979

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1979	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.151 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca0',
    500: '#4a1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1979;
$custom-light: #825ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.625,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34695,
    "c": 0.15147,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.03532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1979

secondary

#76AE40

accent

#E93F92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1979

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

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