#4A1E71#4A1E71

#4A1E71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.136 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E71
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 113)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 73.5%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.22, 37.27, -39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.22, 54.38, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% 0.077 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.136 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2683, 3.5767, 15.9797)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E71 #45711E

analogous

#201E71 #4A1E71 #711E6E

triadic

#4A1E71 #714A1E #1E714A

tetradic

#4A1E71 #71201E #45711E #1E6E71

square

#4A1E71 #71201E #45711E #1E6E71

split-complementary

#4A1E71 #6E711E #1E7120

monochromatic

#100618 #2A1141 #4A1E71 #6A2BA1 #893ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4A1E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4A1E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E71

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E71	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.136 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9a',
    500: '#4a1e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e71;
$custom-light: #805e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.807,
    "s": 58.042,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34599,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E71

secondary

#73A546

accent

#E1478F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E71

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

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