#4A1B77#4A1B77

#4A1B77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.147 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1B77
RGB	rgb(74, 27, 119)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 77.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 40.28, -43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 59.27, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0789 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.147 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5450, 3.5716, 17.7938)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1B77 #48771B

analogous

#1C1B77 #4A1B77 #771B76

triadic

#4A1B77 #774A1B #1B774A

tetradic

#4A1B77 #771C1B #48771B #1B7677

square

#4A1B77 #771C1B #48771B #1B7677

split-complementary

#4A1B77 #76771B #1B771C

monochromatic

#100619 #2B1045 #4A1B77 #6926A9 #883AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4A1B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4A1B77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1B77

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1B77	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 27, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.147 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815d9f',
    500: '#4a1b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1b77;
$custom-light: #815d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.652,
    "s": 63.014,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34742,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1B77

secondary

#76AB42

accent

#E64292

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1B77

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

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