#4A174F#4A174F

#4A174F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.109 H 324.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A174F
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 79)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(295, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.51, 32.68, -23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.51, 40.01, 324.77°)
OKLab	oklab(31.16% 0.0884 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(31.16% 0.109 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.5416, 2.6334, 7.6647)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A174F #1C4F17

analogous

#2E174F #4A174F #4F1738

triadic

#4A174F #4F4A17 #174F4A

tetradic

#4A174F #4F2E17 #1C4F17 #17384F

square

#4A174F #4F2E17 #1C4F17 #17384F

split-complementary

#4A174F #384F17 #174F2E

monochromatic

#160718 #1E0920 #4A174F #76257E #A333AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.76

#4A174F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4A174F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A174F

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A174F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A174F	1.00	13.76	1.53	13.76
#FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B2951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#202F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a174f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.109 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5980',
    500: '#4a174f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a174f;
$custom-light: #7f5980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a174f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.643,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31155,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A174F

secondary

#42863C

accent

#DE4A57

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A174F

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

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