#4A1A76#4A1A76

#4A1A76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.147 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1A76
RGB	rgb(74, 26, 118)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 78%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.95, 40.48, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.95, 59.24, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(34.54% 0.0802 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(34.54% 0.147 303)
XYZ	xyz(6.4627, 3.5026, 17.4716)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1A76 #46761A

analogous

#1C1A76 #4A1A76 #761A74

triadic

#4A1A76 #764A1A #1A764A

tetradic

#4A1A76 #761C1A #46761A #1A7476

square

#4A1A76 #761C1A #46761A #1A7476

split-complementary

#4A1A76 #74761A #1A761C

monochromatic

#100619 #2B0F44 #4A1A76 #6925A8 #8937D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#4A1A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4A1A76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1A76

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1A76	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 26, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.147 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815c9e',
    500: '#4a1a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1a76;
$custom-light: #815c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34541,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.03503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1A76

secondary

#74AB41

accent

#E74190

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1A76

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

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