#4A174E#4A174E

#4A174E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.108 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A174E
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 78)
HSL	hsl(296, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.45, 32.47, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.45, 39.50, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(31.09% 0.0884 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(31.09% 0.108 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.5055, 2.6190, 7.4744)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A174E #1B4E17

analogous

#2E174E #4A174E #4E1737

triadic

#4A174E #4E4A17 #174E4A

tetradic

#4A174E #4E2E17 #1B4E17 #17374E

square

#4A174E #4E2E17 #1B4E17 #17374E

split-complementary

#4A174E #374E17 #174E2E

monochromatic

#160718 #1D091F #4A174E #77257D #A433AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#4A174E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4A174E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A174E

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A174E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A174E	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C2950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1F30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a174e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.108 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5980',
    500: '#4a174e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a174e;
$custom-light: #7f5980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a174e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.636,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31089,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A174E

secondary

#41853C

accent

#DE4A55

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A174E

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

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