#4A175F#4A175F

#4A175F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.126 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A175F
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 95)
HSL	hsl(283, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(283, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 75.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.62, 36.23, -32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.62, 48.37, 318.51°)
OKLab	oklab(32.3% 0.0876 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(32.3% 0.126 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1956, 2.8950, 11.1094)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A175F #2C5F17

analogous

#26175F #4A175F #5F1750

triadic

#4A175F #5F4A17 #175F4A

tetradic

#4A175F #5F2617 #2C5F17 #17505F

square

#4A175F #5F2617 #2C5F17 #17505F

split-complementary

#4A175F #505F17 #175F26

monochromatic

#130619 #240B2E #4A175F #702390 #972FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#4A175F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4A175F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A175F

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A175F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A175F	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13315D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a175f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.126 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f598d',
    500: '#4a175f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a175f;
$custom-light: #7f598d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a175f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32304,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A175F

secondary

#56963C

accent

#E44472

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A175F

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

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