#4A157E#4A157E

#4A157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.161 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A157E
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.94, 44.62, -48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.94, 65.81, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.75% 0.0823 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(34.75% 0.161 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8572, 3.4985, 20.0486)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.39

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A157E #497E15

analogous

#16157E #4A157E #7E157E

triadic

#4A157E #7E4A15 #157E4A

tetradic

#4A157E #7E1615 #497E15 #157E7E

square

#4A157E #7E1615 #497E15 #157E7E

split-complementary

#4A157E #7E7E15 #157E16

monochromatic

#0F041A #2B0C4A #4A157E #691EB2 #8831DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#4A157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4A157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A157E

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A157E	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.161 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa4',
    500: '#4a157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a157e;
$custom-light: #825aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34752,
    "c": 0.16091,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A157E

secondary

#77B33C

accent

#EE3A93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A157E

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

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