#4A147D#4A147D

#4A147D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.161 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A147D
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 84%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.71, 44.75, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.71, 65.70, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(34.57% 0.0834 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(34.57% 0.161 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7750, 3.4368, 19.7045)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A147D #477D14

analogous

#15147D #4A147D #7D147B

triadic

#4A147D #7D4A14 #147D4A

tetradic

#4A147D #7D1514 #477D14 #147B7D

square

#4A147D #7D1514 #477D14 #147B7D

split-complementary

#4A147D #7B7D14 #147D15

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0C48 #4A147D #691CB2 #882EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#4A147D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A147D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A147D

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A147D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A147D	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a147d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.161 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa4',
    500: '#4a147d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a147d;
$custom-light: #825aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a147d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34568,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A147D

secondary

#75B23A

accent

#EF3991

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A147D

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

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