#4A2079#4A2079

#4A2079 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.143 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2079
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 121)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 73.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.23, 38.36, -43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.23, 57.68, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0733 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.143 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7909, 3.8693, 18.4745)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2079 #4F7920

analogous

#202279 #4A2079 #772079

triadic

#4A2079 #794A20 #20794A

tetradic

#4A2079 #792022 #4F7920 #207977

square

#4A2079 #792022 #4F7920 #207977

split-complementary

#4A2079 #797720 #227920

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2C1349 #4A2079 #682DA9 #8645CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#4A2079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4A2079 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2079

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2079	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.143 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815fa0',
    500: '#4a2079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2079;
$custom-light: #815fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.315,
    "s": 58.17,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35526,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2079

secondary

#7DAC49

accent

#E14698

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2079

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

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