#4A175C#4A175C

#4A175C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.123 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A175C
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 92)
HSL	hsl(284, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(284, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 75%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.40, 35.54, -30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.40, 46.77, 319.45°)
OKLab	oklab(32.08% 0.088 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(32.08% 0.123 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.0619, 2.8415, 10.4050)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A175C #295C17

analogous

#28175C #4A175C #5C174B

triadic

#4A175C #5C4A17 #175C4A

tetradic

#4A175C #5C2817 #295C17 #174B5C

square

#4A175C #5C2817 #295C17 #174B5C

split-complementary

#4A175C #4B5C17 #175C28

monochromatic

#140618 #230B2B #4A175C #71238D #992FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#4A175C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4A175C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A175C

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A175C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A175C	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16305A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a175c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.123 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f598b',
    500: '#4a175c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a175c;
$custom-light: #7f598b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a175c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32076,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A175C

secondary

#53933C

accent

#E3456E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A175C

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

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