#4A175A#4A175A

#4A175A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.121 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A175A
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(286, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(286, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.25, 35.09, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.25, 45.71, 320.13°)
OKLab	oklab(31.93% 0.0881 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(31.93% 0.121 317)
XYZ	xyz(4.9756, 2.8070, 9.9506)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A175A #275A17

analogous

#29175A #4A175A #5A1749

triadic

#4A175A #5A4A17 #175A4A

tetradic

#4A175A #5A2917 #275A17 #17495A

square

#4A175A #5A2917 #275A17 #17495A

split-complementary

#4A175A #495A17 #175A29

monochromatic

#140618 #220B29 #4A175A #72238B #9A30BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.45

#4A175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4A175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A175A

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A175A	1.00	13.45	1.56	13.45
#FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.121 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5989',
    500: '#4a175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a175a;
$custom-light: #7f5989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.672,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31927,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.02807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A175A

secondary

#50913C

accent

#E2456B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A175A

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

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