#4917B4#4917B4

#4917B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.216 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4917B4
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(259, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.64, 57.69, -72.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.64, 92.40, 308.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% 0.059 -0.2079)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.216 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2898, 5.3239, 43.6039)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4917B4 #82B417

analogous

#1734B4 #4917B4 #9717B4

triadic

#4917B4 #B44917 #17B449

tetradic

#4917B4 #B41734 #82B417 #17B497

square

#4917B4 #B41734 #82B417 #17B497

split-complementary

#4917B4 #B49717 #34B417

monochromatic

#1D0947 #33107E #4917B4 #6225E3 #895BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#4917B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4917B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4917B4

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4917B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4917B4	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#054B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4917b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.216 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5fcc',
    500: '#4917b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4917b4;
$custom-light: #8a5fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4917b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.108,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40304,
    "c": 0.21614,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4917B4

secondary

#A9CE59

accent

#F434B7

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F1EAF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4917B4

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

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