#4A127E#4A127E

#4A127E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.164 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A127E
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 85.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.56, 45.72, -48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.56, 67.01, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(34.49% 0.0845 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(34.49% 0.164 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8053, 3.3948, 20.0313)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A127E #467E12

analogous

#14127E #4A127E #7E127C

triadic

#4A127E #7E4A12 #127E4A

tetradic

#4A127E #7E1412 #467E12 #127C7E

square

#4A127E #7E1412 #467E12 #127C7E

split-complementary

#4A127E #7C7E12 #127E14

monochromatic

#10041B #2B0A48 #4A127E #691AB4 #892AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#4A127E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4A127E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A127E

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A127E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A127E	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a127e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.164 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8359a4',
    500: '#4a127e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a127e;
$custom-light: #8359a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a127e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3449,
    "c": 0.16361,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A127E

secondary

#74B438

accent

#F23690

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A127E

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

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