#4A1E72#4A1E72

#4A1E72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.138 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E72
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 114)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.30, 37.53, -40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.30, 54.93, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.68% 0.0768 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(34.68% 0.138 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3249, 3.5993, 16.2779)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E72 #46721E

analogous

#201E72 #4A1E72 #721E70

triadic

#4A1E72 #724A1E #1E724A

tetradic

#4A1E72 #72201E #46721E #1E7072

square

#4A1E72 #72201E #46721E #1E7072

split-complementary

#4A1E72 #70721E #1E7220

monochromatic

#100618 #2B1142 #4A1E72 #692BA2 #893ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#4A1E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4A1E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E72

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E72	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.138 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e9b',
    500: '#4a1e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e72;
$custom-light: #815e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34682,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E72

secondary

#74A646

accent

#E24690

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E72

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

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