#4A1A77#4A1A77

#4A1A77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.148 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1A77
RGB	rgb(74, 26, 119)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 78.2%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.04, 40.74, -43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.04, 59.78, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(34.63% 0.0799 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(34.63% 0.148 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5224, 3.5265, 17.7863)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1A77 #47771A

analogous

#1B1A77 #4A1A77 #771A75

triadic

#4A1A77 #774A1A #1A774A

tetradic

#4A1A77 #771B1A #47771A #1A7577

square

#4A1A77 #771B1A #47771A #1A7577

split-complementary

#4A1A77 #75771A #1A771B

monochromatic

#100519 #2B0F45 #4A1A77 #6925A9 #8838D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#4A1A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4A1A77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1A77

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1A77	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)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 26, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.148 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815c9f',
    500: '#4a1a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1a77;
$custom-light: #815c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 64.138,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34628,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1A77

secondary

#75AC41

accent

#E74191

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1A77

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

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