#4A157B#4A157B

#4A157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.158 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A157B
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.66, 43.87, -46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.66, 64.23, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(34.47% 0.0833 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(34.47% 0.158 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6665, 3.4222, 19.0444)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A157B #467B15

analogous

#17157B #4A157B #7B1579

triadic

#4A157B #7B4A15 #157B4A

tetradic

#4A157B #7B1715 #467B15 #15797B

square

#4A157B #7B1715 #467B15 #15797B

split-complementary

#4A157B #797B15 #157B17

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0C47 #4A157B #691EAF #892FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#4A157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4A157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A157B

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A157B	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	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: #4a157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.158 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa2',
    500: '#4a157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a157b;
$custom-light: #825aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.176,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34474,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A157B

secondary

#74B03B

accent

#EE3A90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A157B

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

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