#4A1A78#4A1A78

#4A1A78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.149 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1A78
RGB	rgb(74, 26, 120)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.13, 40.99, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.13, 60.31, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.72% 0.0797 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(34.72% 0.149 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5828, 3.5507, 18.1042)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.67

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1A78 #48781A

analogous

#1B1A78 #4A1A78 #781A77

triadic

#4A1A78 #784A1A #1A784A

tetradic

#4A1A78 #781B1A #48781A #1A7778

square

#4A1A78 #781B1A #48781A #1A7778

split-complementary

#4A1A78 #77781A #1A781B

monochromatic

#100519 #2B0F46 #4A1A78 #6925AA #8838D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#4A1A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4A1A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1A78

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1A78	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 26, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.149 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca0',
    500: '#4a1a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1a78;
$custom-light: #815ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.638,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34716,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1A78

secondary

#76AC41

accent

#E74092

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1A78

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

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