#4A157C#4A157C

#4A157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.159 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A157C
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.75, 44.12, -47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.75, 64.76, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(34.57% 0.0829 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(34.57% 0.159 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7294, 3.4474, 19.3758)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.52

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A157C #477C15

analogous

#17157C #4A157C #7C157A

triadic

#4A157C #7C4A15 #157C4A

tetradic

#4A157C #7C1715 #477C15 #157A7C

square

#4A157C #7C1715 #477C15 #157A7C

split-complementary

#4A157C #7A7C15 #157C17

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0C48 #4A157C #691EB0 #8830DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#4A157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A157C

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A157C	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.159 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa3',
    500: '#4a157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a157c;
$custom-light: #825aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.874,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34566,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A157C

secondary

#75B13C

accent

#EE3A91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A157C

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

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