#4A175E#4A175E

#4A175E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.125 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A175E
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(283, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(283, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.54, 36.00, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.54, 47.84, 318.81°)
OKLab	oklab(32.23% 0.0878 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(32.23% 0.125 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1505, 2.8770, 10.8715)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A175E #2B5E17

analogous

#27175E #4A175E #5E174E

triadic

#4A175E #5E4A17 #175E4A

tetradic

#4A175E #5E2717 #2B5E17 #174E5E

square

#4A175E #5E2717 #2B5E17 #174E5E

split-complementary

#4A175E #4E5E17 #175E27

monochromatic

#130619 #230B2D #4A175E #71238F #972FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#4A175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4A175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A175E

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A175E	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14315C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.125 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f598c',
    500: '#4a175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a175e;
$custom-light: #7f598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.099,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32228,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A175E

secondary

#55953C

accent

#E44471

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A175E

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

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