#4A176A#4A176A

#4A176A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.138 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A176A
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.48, 38.84, -37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.48, 54.26, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(33.18% 0.0859 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(33.18% 0.138 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7314, 3.1093, 13.9311)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A176A #376A17

analogous

#20176A #4A176A #6A1761

triadic

#4A176A #6A4A17 #176A4A

tetradic

#4A176A #6A2017 #376A17 #17616A

square

#4A176A #6A2017 #376A17 #17616A

split-complementary

#4A176A #616A17 #176A20

monochromatic

#120519 #270C38 #4A176A #6D229C #902DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.95

#4A176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4A176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A176A

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A176A	1.00	12.95	1.62	12.95
#FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.138 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a95',
    500: '#4a176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a176a;
$custom-light: #805a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.867,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33185,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A176A

secondary

#63A03D

accent

#E74081

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A176A

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

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