#4A117E#4A117E

#4A117E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.164 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A117E
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.44, 46.07, -49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.44, 67.39, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(34.41% 0.0852 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(34.41% 0.164 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7895, 3.3631, 20.0261)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A117E #457E11

analogous

#13117E #4A117E #7E117B

triadic

#4A117E #7E4A11 #117E4A

tetradic

#4A117E #7E1311 #457E11 #117B7E

square

#4A117E #7E1311 #457E11 #117B7E

split-complementary

#4A117E #7B7E11 #117E13

monochromatic

#10041B #2A0A48 #4A117E #6A18B4 #8927E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#4A117E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4A117E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A117E

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A117E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A117E	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a117e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.164 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8358a4',
    500: '#4a117e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a117e;
$custom-light: #8358a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a117e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.376,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34409,
    "c": 0.16444,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A117E

secondary

#73B437

accent

#F33590

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A117E

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

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