#4A174C#4A174C

#4A174C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.106 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A174C
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 76)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 69.7%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.32, 32.06, -21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.32, 38.51, 326.36°)
OKLab	oklab(30.96% 0.0883 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(30.96% 0.106 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.4349, 2.5907, 7.1025)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A174C #194C17

analogous

#30174C #4A174C #4C1734

triadic

#4A174C #4C4A17 #174C4A

tetradic

#4A174C #4C3017 #194C17 #17344C

square

#4A174C #4C3017 #194C17 #17344C

split-complementary

#4A174C #344C17 #174C30

monochromatic

#170717 #1C091D #4A174C #78257B #A533AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.83

#4A174C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4A174C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A174C

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A174C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A174C	1.00	13.83	1.52	13.83
#FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F294E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1E2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a174c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.106 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f587e',
    500: '#4a174c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a174c;
$custom-light: #7f587e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a174c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.736,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30959,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A174C

secondary

#3E833C

accent

#DD4B50

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A174C

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