#4A1A79#4A1A79

#4A1A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.150 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1A79
RGB	rgb(74, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 41.25, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 60.85, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0794 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.15 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6438, 3.5751, 18.4255)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.57

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1A79 #49791A

analogous

#1B1A79 #4A1A79 #791A79

triadic

#4A1A79 #794A1A #1A794A

tetradic

#4A1A79 #791B1A #49791A #1A7979

square

#4A1A79 #791B1A #49791A #1A7979

split-complementary

#4A1A79 #79791A #1A791B

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2B0F47 #4A1A79 #6925AB #8839D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4A1A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4A1A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1A79

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1A79	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.150 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca0',
    500: '#4a1a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1a79;
$custom-light: #825ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.316,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34805,
    "c": 0.15035,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1A79

secondary

#77AD41

accent

#E84093

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1A79

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

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