#4A127A#4A127A

#4A127A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.160 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A127A
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 85.2%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.18, 44.74, -47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.18, 64.94, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.11% 0.0859 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(34.11% 0.16 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5524, 3.2936, 18.6991)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A127A #427A12

analogous

#16127A #4A127A #7A1276

triadic

#4A127A #7A4A12 #127A4A

tetradic

#4A127A #7A1612 #427A12 #12767A

square

#4A127A #7A1612 #427A12 #12767A

split-complementary

#4A127A #767A12 #127A16

monochromatic

#10041B #2A0A45 #4A127A #6A1AAF #8A27DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#4A127A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4A127A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A127A

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A127A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A127A	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#402F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a127a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.160 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8259a1',
    500: '#4a127a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a127a;
$custom-light: #8259a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a127a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34113,
    "c": 0.15952,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A127A

secondary

#6FB038

accent

#F1378D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A127A

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

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