#4A1981#4A1981

#4A1981 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.160 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1981
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 129)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 80.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.78, 43.75, -48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.78, 65.61, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.42% 0.0781 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(35.42% 0.16 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1331, 3.7360, 21.1099)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1981 #508119

analogous

#191C81 #4A1981 #7E1981

triadic

#4A1981 #814A19 #19814A

tetradic

#4A1981 #81191C #508119 #19817E

square

#4A1981 #81191C #508119 #19817E

split-complementary

#4A1981 #817E19 #1C8119

monochromatic

#0F051A #2D0F4E #4A1981 #6723B4 #863BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#4A1981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4A1981 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1981

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1981	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.160 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca6',
    500: '#4a1981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1981;
$custom-light: #835ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.269,
    "s": 67.532,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35422,
    "c": 0.16019,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1981

secondary

#7EB541

accent

#EA3D99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1981

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

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