#4A157D#4A157D

#4A157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.160 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A157D
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.85, 44.37, -47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.85, 65.28, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.66% 0.0826 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(34.66% 0.16 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7930, 3.4728, 19.7105)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A157D #487D15

analogous

#16157D #4A157D #7D157C

triadic

#4A157D #7D4A15 #157D4A

tetradic

#4A157D #7D1615 #487D15 #157C7D

square

#4A157D #7D1615 #487D15 #157C7D

split-complementary

#4A157D #7C7D15 #157D16

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0C49 #4A157D #691EB1 #8830DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#4A157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A157D

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A157D	1.00	12.39	1.69	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.160 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa4',
    500: '#4a157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a157d;
$custom-light: #825aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.577,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34659,
    "c": 0.15987,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A157D

secondary

#76B23C

accent

#EE3A92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A157D

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

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