#4A1C76#4A1C76

#4A1C76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.145 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1C76
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 118)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 76.3%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.28, 39.55, -42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.28, 58.21, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(34.77% 0.0782 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(34.77% 0.145 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5085, 3.5944, 17.4869)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1C76 #48761C

analogous

#1D1C76 #4A1C76 #761C75

triadic

#4A1C76 #764A1C #1C764A

tetradic

#4A1C76 #761D1C #48761C #1C7576

square

#4A1C76 #761D1C #48761C #1C7576

split-complementary

#4A1C76 #75761C #1C761D

monochromatic

#100619 #2B1045 #4A1C76 #6928A7 #883CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#4A1C76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4A1C76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1C76

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1C76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1C76	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	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: #4a1c76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.145 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815d9e',
    500: '#4a1c76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1c76;
$custom-light: #815d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1c76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.667,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34773,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1C76

secondary

#76AA44

accent

#E54392

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1C76

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

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