#4A1C72#4A1C72

#4A1C72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.140 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1C72
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 114)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 75.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.95, 38.52, -40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.95, 56.02, 313.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.43% 0.079 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(34.43% 0.14 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2759, 3.5013, 16.2615)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1C72 #44721C

analogous

#1F1C72 #4A1C72 #721C6F

triadic

#4A1C72 #724A1C #1C724A

tetradic

#4A1C72 #721F1C #44721C #1C6F72

square

#4A1C72 #721F1C #44721C #1C6F72

split-complementary

#4A1C72 #6F721C #1C721F

monochromatic

#100619 #2A1041 #4A1C72 #6A28A3 #893ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#4A1C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4A1C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1C72

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1C72	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.140 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815d9b',
    500: '#4a1c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1c72;
$custom-light: #815d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.093,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34432,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1C72

secondary

#71A643

accent

#E4448E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1C72

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

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