#4A157A#4A157A

#4A157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.157 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A157A
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.57, 43.62, -46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.57, 63.70, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.38% 0.0836 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(34.38% 0.157 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6042, 3.3973, 18.7164)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A157A #457A15

analogous

#17157A #4A157A #7A1577

triadic

#4A157A #7A4A15 #157A4A

tetradic

#4A157A #7A1715 #457A15 #15777A

square

#4A157A #7A1715 #457A15 #15777A

split-complementary

#4A157A #777A15 #157A17

monochromatic

#10041A #2A0C46 #4A157A #6A1EAE #892EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#4A157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4A157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A157A

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A157A	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.157 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa1',
    500: '#4a157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a157a;
$custom-light: #825aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.485,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34382,
    "c": 0.15673,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A157A

secondary

#73AF3B

accent

#ED3A8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A157A

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

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