#4A137D#4A137D

#4A137D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.162 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A137D
RGB	rgb(74, 19, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 84.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.59, 45.12, -48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.59, 66.10, 313.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.0842 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.162 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7577, 3.4022, 19.6987)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A137D #467D13

analogous

#15137D #4A137D #7D137B

triadic

#4A137D #7D4A13 #137D4A

tetradic

#4A137D #7D1513 #467D13 #137B7D

square

#4A137D #7D1513 #467D13 #137B7D

split-complementary

#4A137D #7B7D13 #137D15

monochromatic

#10041B #2B0B48 #4A137D #691BB2 #892CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#4A137D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4A137D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A137D

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A137D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A137D	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a137d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 19, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.162 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8259a4',
    500: '#4a137d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a137d;
$custom-light: #8259a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a137d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.132,
    "s": 73.611,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3448,
    "c": 0.16171,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A137D

secondary

#74B339

accent

#F03890

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A137D

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

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