#4A174A#4A174A

#4A174A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.104 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A174A
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 74)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.20, 31.65, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.20, 37.52, 327.51°)
OKLab	oklab(30.83% 0.0882 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(30.83% 0.104 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3664, 2.5633, 6.7420)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A174A #174A17

analogous

#31174A #4A174A #4A1731

triadic

#4A174A #4A4A17 #174A4A

tetradic

#4A174A #4A3117 #174A17 #17314A

square

#4A174A #4A3117 #174A17 #17314A

split-complementary

#4A174A #314A17 #174A31

monochromatic

#170717 #1B081B #4A174A #792679 #A734A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.88

#4A174A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#4A174A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A174A

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A174A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A174A	1.00	13.88	1.51	13.88
#FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11284C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1E2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a174a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.104 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f587d',
    500: '#4a174a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a174a;
$custom-light: #7f587d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a174a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30831,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A174A

secondary

#3C813C

accent

#DC4C4C

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A174A

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

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