#4A1E77#4A1E77

#4A1E77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.143 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E77
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 119)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 74.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.71, 38.84, -42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.71, 57.68, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.1% 0.0759 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(35.1% 0.143 302)
XYZ	xyz(6.6173, 3.7163, 17.8179)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E77 #4B771E

analogous

#1E1E77 #4A1E77 #771E77

triadic

#4A1E77 #774A1E #1E774A

tetradic

#4A1E77 #771E1E #4B771E #1E7777

square

#4A1E77 #771E1E #4B771E #1E7777

split-complementary

#4A1E77 #77771E #1E771E

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2C1246 #4A1E77 #682AA8 #8740CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#4A1E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4A1E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E77

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E77	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)

#00367A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.143 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e9f',
    500: '#4a1e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e77;
$custom-light: #815e9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.663,
    "s": 59.732,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35102,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.03716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E77

secondary

#79AB46

accent

#E34595

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E77

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

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