#4A147F#4A147F

#4A147F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.163 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A147F
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 127)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 84.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.90, 45.25, -49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.90, 66.74, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.0827 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.163 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9040, 3.4884, 20.3842)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A147F #497F14

analogous

#14147F #4A147F #7F147F

triadic

#4A147F #7F4A14 #147F4A

tetradic

#4A147F #7F1414 #497F14 #147F7F

square

#4A147F #7F1414 #497F14 #147F7F

split-complementary

#4A147F #7F7F14 #147F14

monochromatic

#0F041A #2B0C4A #4A147F #691CB4 #882FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#4A147F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4A147F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A147F

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A147F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A147F	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a147f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.163 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa5',
    500: '#4a147f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a147f;
$custom-light: #835aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a147f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.28,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34756,
    "c": 0.16288,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A147F

secondary

#77B43B

accent

#EF3893

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A147F

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

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