#4A1E76#4A1E76

#4A1E76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.142 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E76
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 118)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 74.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.63, 38.57, -42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.63, 57.14, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0761 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.142 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5576, 3.6924, 17.5033)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E76 #4A761E

analogous

#1E1E76 #4A1E76 #761E76

triadic

#4A1E76 #764A1E #1E764A

tetradic

#4A1E76 #761E1E #4A761E #1E7676

square

#4A1E76 #761E1E #4A761E #1E7676

split-complementary

#4A1E76 #76761E #1E761E

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2B1245 #4A1E76 #692AA7 #8740CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#4A1E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4A1E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E76

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E76	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.142 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e9e',
    500: '#4a1e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e76;
$custom-light: #815e9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35017,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E76

secondary

#78AA46

accent

#E34594

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E76

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

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