#4A117F#4A117F

#4A117F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.165 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A117F
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 87%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 86.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.54, 46.31, -49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.54, 67.90, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.0849 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.165 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8543, 3.3890, 20.3676)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A117F #467F11

analogous

#13117F #4A117F #7F117D

triadic

#4A117F #7F4A11 #117F4A

tetradic

#4A117F #7F1311 #467F11 #117D7F

square

#4A117F #7F1311 #467F11 #117D7F

split-complementary

#4A117F #7D7F11 #117F13

monochromatic

#10041B #2B0A49 #4A117F #6918B5 #8928E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#4A117F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4A117F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A117F

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A117F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A117F	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a117f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.165 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8359a5',
    500: '#4a117f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a117f;
$custom-light: #8359a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a117f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.091,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34504,
    "c": 0.16545,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A117F

secondary

#74B537

accent

#F33590

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A117F

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

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