#4A2271#4A2271

#4A2271 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.131 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2271
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 113)
HSL	hsl(270, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 69.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 35.18, -38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 52.06, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.0723 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.131 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3760, 3.7922, 16.0156)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2271 #497122

analogous

#232271 #4A2271 #712271

triadic

#4A2271 #714A22 #22714A

tetradic

#4A2271 #712322 #497122 #227171

square

#4A2271 #712322 #497122 #227171

split-complementary

#4A2271 #717122 #227123

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2B1442 #4A2271 #6930A0 #8846C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#4A2271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4A2271 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2271

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2271	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04376F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.131 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80609a',
    500: '#4a2271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2271;
$custom-light: #80609a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.38,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35137,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2271

secondary

#77A44A

accent

#DD4B93

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2271

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

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