#4A1D73#4A1D73

#4A1D73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.140 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1D73
RGB	rgb(74, 29, 115)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 38.29, -40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 56.03, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.64% 0.0777 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(34.64% 0.14 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3572, 3.5724, 16.5710)
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

#4A1D73 #46731D

analogous

#1F1D73 #4A1D73 #731D71

triadic

#4A1D73 #734A1D #1D734A

tetradic

#4A1D73 #731F1D #46731D #1D7173

square

#4A1D73 #731F1D #46731D #1D7173

split-complementary

#4A1D73 #71731D #1D731F

monochromatic

#100618 #2B1142 #4A1D73 #6929A4 #893CCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4A1D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4A1D73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1D73

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1D73	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)

#003475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 29, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.140 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815d9c',
    500: '#4a1d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1d73;
$custom-light: #815d9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.395,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34639,
    "c": 0.13998,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1D73

secondary

#74A745

accent

#E34590

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1D73

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

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