#4A1A73#4A1A73

#4A1A73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.144 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1A73
RGB	rgb(74, 26, 115)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 77.4%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.70, 39.72, -41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.70, 57.61, 313.58°)
OKLab	oklab(34.28% 0.0809 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(34.28% 0.144 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2872, 3.4325, 16.5476)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1A73 #43731A

analogous

#1E1A73 #4A1A73 #731A6F

triadic

#4A1A73 #734A1A #1A734A

tetradic

#4A1A73 #731E1A #43731A #1A6F73

square

#4A1A73 #731E1A #43731A #1A6F73

split-complementary

#4A1A73 #6F731A #1A731E

monochromatic

#100619 #2A0F41 #4A1A73 #6A25A5 #8A36D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#4A1A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A1A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1A73

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1A73	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 26, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.144 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815c9c',
    500: '#4a1a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1a73;
$custom-light: #815c9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.36,
    "s": 63.121,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34281,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1A73

secondary

#70A841

accent

#E6428D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1A73

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

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