#4717A1#4717A1

#4717A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.196 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4717A1
RGB	rgb(71, 23, 161)
HSL	hsl(261, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 85.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 52.52, -64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 83.21, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% 0.0633 -0.1857)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.196 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3361, 4.5251, 34.0928)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4717A1 #71A117

analogous

#172CA1 #4717A1 #8C17A1

triadic

#4717A1 #A14717 #17A147

tetradic

#4717A1 #A1172C #71A117 #17A18C

square

#4717A1 #A1172C #71A117 #17A18C

split-complementary

#4717A1 #A18C17 #2CA117

monochromatic

#180836 #2F0F6B #4717A1 #5F1FD7 #824DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#4717A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4717A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4717A1

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4717A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4717A1	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4717a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 23, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.196 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865dbe',
    500: '#4717a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4717a1;
$custom-light: #865dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4717a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3807,
    "c": 0.19621,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4717A1

secondary

#9DC74C

accent

#F236B0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4717A1

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

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