#4A1B76#4A1B76

#4A1B76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.146 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1B76
RGB	rgb(74, 27, 118)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 77.1%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.12, 40.02, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.12, 58.73, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(34.66% 0.0792 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(34.66% 0.146 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4852, 3.5477, 17.4791)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1B76 #47761B

analogous

#1C1B76 #4A1B76 #761B74

triadic

#4A1B76 #764A1B #1B764A

tetradic

#4A1B76 #761C1B #47761B #1B7476

square

#4A1B76 #761C1B #47761B #1B7476

split-complementary

#4A1B76 #74761B #1B761C

monochromatic

#100619 #2B1044 #4A1B76 #6926A8 #883AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#4A1B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4A1B76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1B76

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1B76	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)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 27, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.146 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815c9e',
    500: '#4a1b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1b76;
$custom-light: #815c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.989,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34655,
    "c": 0.14586,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1B76

secondary

#75AA42

accent

#E64291

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1B76

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

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