#4A1A72#4A1A72

#4A1A72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.143 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1A72
RGB	rgb(74, 26, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 77.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.61, 39.47, -41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.61, 57.07, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.2% 0.0811 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(34.2% 0.143 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2300, 3.4096, 16.2462)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1A72 #42721A

analogous

#1E1A72 #4A1A72 #721A6E

triadic

#4A1A72 #724A1A #1A724A

tetradic

#4A1A72 #721E1A #42721A #1A6E72

square

#4A1A72 #721E1A #42721A #1A6E72

split-complementary

#4A1A72 #6E721A #1A721E

monochromatic

#100619 #2A0F40 #4A1A72 #6A25A4 #8A35D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#4A1A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4A1A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1A72

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1A72	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 26, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.143 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815c9b',
    500: '#4a1a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1a72;
$custom-light: #815c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34196,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1A72

secondary

#6FA741

accent

#E6428C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1A72

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

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