#4A137F#4A137F

#4A137F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.164 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A137F
RGB	rgb(74, 19, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 85%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 85%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.78, 45.62, -49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.78, 67.14, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(34.67% 0.0835 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(34.67% 0.164 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8867, 3.4538, 20.3784)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A137F #487F13

analogous

#14137F #4A137F #7F137E

triadic

#4A137F #7F4A13 #137F4A

tetradic

#4A137F #7F1413 #487F13 #137E7F

square

#4A137F #7F1413 #487F13 #137E7F

split-complementary

#4A137F #7E7F13 #137F14

monochromatic

#10041B #2B0B4A #4A137F #691BB4 #882DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#4A137F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A137F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A137F

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A137F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A137F	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a137f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 19, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.164 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8359a5',
    500: '#4a137f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a137f;
$custom-light: #8359a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a137f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.556,
    "s": 73.973,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34669,
    "c": 0.16377,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A137F

secondary

#76B439

accent

#F13792

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A137F

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

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