#4A147E#4A147E

#4A147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.162 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A147E
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.81, 45.00, -48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.81, 66.22, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.66% 0.0831 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(34.66% 0.162 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8392, 3.4625, 20.0426)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A147E #487E14

analogous

#15147E #4A147E #7E147D

triadic

#4A147E #7E4A14 #147E4A

tetradic

#4A147E #7E1514 #487E14 #147D7E

square

#4A147E #7E1514 #487E14 #147D7E

split-complementary

#4A147E #7D7E14 #147E15

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0C49 #4A147E #691CB3 #882EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#4A147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A147E

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A147E	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.162 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa4',
    500: '#4a147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a147e;
$custom-light: #825aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.566,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34661,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A147E

secondary

#76B33A

accent

#EF3892

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A147E

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

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