#4A175B#4A175B

#4A175B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.122 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A175B
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 91)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 74.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.33, 35.31, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.33, 46.24, 319.79°)
OKLab	oklab(32% 0.0881 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(32% 0.122 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0185, 2.8242, 10.1763)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A175B #285B17

analogous

#28175B #4A175B #5B174A

triadic

#4A175B #5B4A17 #175B4A

tetradic

#4A175B #5B2817 #285B17 #174A5B

square

#4A175B #5B2817 #285B17 #174A5B

split-complementary

#4A175B #4A5B17 #175B28

monochromatic

#140618 #220B2A #4A175B #72238C #9930BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#4A175B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4A175B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A175B

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A175B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A175B	1.00	13.42	1.56	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a175b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.122 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f598a',
    500: '#4a175b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a175b;
$custom-light: #7f598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a175b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32002,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A175B

secondary

#51923C

accent

#E3456C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A175B

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

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