#4A1E79#4A1E79

#4A1E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.146 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E79
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 121)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 39.36, -43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 58.78, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% 0.0754 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.146 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7387, 3.7648, 18.4571)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E79 #4D791E

analogous

#1E2079 #4A1E79 #781E79

triadic

#4A1E79 #794A1E #1E794A

tetradic

#4A1E79 #791E20 #4D791E #1E7978

square

#4A1E79 #791E20 #4D791E #1E7978

split-complementary

#4A1E79 #79781E #20791E

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2C1248 #4A1E79 #682AAA #8641D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#4A1E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4A1E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E79

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E79	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.146 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea0',
    500: '#4a1e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e79;
$custom-light: #815ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.011,
    "s": 60.265,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35273,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E79

secondary

#7BAD46

accent

#E34497

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E79

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

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