#4A1D79#4A1D79

#4A1D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.147 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1D79
RGB	rgb(74, 29, 121)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 76%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.71, 39.85, -43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.71, 59.32, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.0765 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.147 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7138, 3.7150, 18.4488)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1D79 #4C791D

analogous

#1D1E79 #4A1D79 #781D79

triadic

#4A1D79 #794A1D #1D794A

tetradic

#4A1D79 #791D1E #4C791D #1D7978

square

#4A1D79 #791D1E #4C791D #1D7978

split-complementary

#4A1D79 #79781D #1E791D

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2C1148 #4A1D79 #6829AA #873FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#4A1D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4A1D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1D79

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1D79	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 29, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.147 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea0',
    500: '#4a1d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1d79;
$custom-light: #815ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.348,
    "s": 61.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35152,
    "c": 0.14682,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1D79

secondary

#7AAD45

accent

#E44396

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1D79

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

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