#4A157F#4A157F

#4A157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.162 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A157F
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.03, 44.87, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.03, 66.33, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% 0.082 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.162 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9220, 3.5244, 20.3902)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.34

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A157F #4A7F15

analogous

#15157F #4A157F #7F157F

triadic

#4A157F #7F4A15 #157F4A

tetradic

#4A157F #7F1515 #4A7F15 #157F7F

square

#4A157F #7F1515 #4A7F15 #157F7F

split-complementary

#4A157F #7F7F15 #157F15

monochromatic

#0F041A #2B0C4A #4A157F #691EB4 #8731DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#4A157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4A157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A157F

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A157F	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.162 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa5',
    500: '#4a157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a157f;
$custom-light: #835aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34846,
    "c": 0.16197,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A157F

secondary

#78B43C

accent

#EE3994

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A157F

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

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