#4A1C71#4A1C71

#4A1C71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.139 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1C71
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 113)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.87, 38.26, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.87, 55.48, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.0792 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.139 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2193, 3.4786, 15.9634)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1C71 #43711C

analogous

#201C71 #4A1C71 #711C6D

triadic

#4A1C71 #714A1C #1C714A

tetradic

#4A1C71 #71201C #43711C #1C6D71

square

#4A1C71 #71201C #43711C #1C6D71

split-complementary

#4A1C71 #6D711C #1C7120

monochromatic

#100619 #2A1040 #4A1C71 #6A28A2 #8A39CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#4A1C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4A1C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1C71

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1C71	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.139 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815d9a',
    500: '#4a1c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1c71;
$custom-light: #815d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.471,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34348,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1C71

secondary

#70A643

accent

#E3448D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1C71

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

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