#4A147B#4A147B

#4A147B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.159 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A147B
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 123)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 83.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.53, 44.25, -47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.53, 64.65, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(34.38% 0.0841 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(34.38% 0.159 302)
XYZ	xyz(6.6485, 3.3862, 19.0384)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A147B #457B14

analogous

#16147B #4A147B #7B1478

triadic

#4A147B #7B4A14 #147B4A

tetradic

#4A147B #7B1614 #457B14 #14787B

square

#4A147B #7B1614 #457B14 #14787B

split-complementary

#4A147B #787B14 #147B16

monochromatic

#10041A #2A0B46 #4A147B #6A1DB0 #892DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#4A147B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4A147B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A147B

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A147B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A147B	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)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a147b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.159 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8259a2',
    500: '#4a147b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a147b;
$custom-light: #8259a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a147b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.456,
    "s": 72.028,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34382,
    "c": 0.15873,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.03386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A147B

secondary

#73B13A

accent

#EF398F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A147B

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

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