#4A176B#4A176B

#4A176B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.139 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A176B
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.56, 39.09, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.56, 54.80, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(33.27% 0.0857 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(33.27% 0.139 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7837, 3.1303, 14.2066)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A176B #386B17

analogous

#20176B #4A176B #6B1762

triadic

#4A176B #6B4A17 #176B4A

tetradic

#4A176B #6B2017 #386B17 #17626B

square

#4A176B #6B2017 #386B17 #17626B

split-complementary

#4A176B #626B17 #176B20

monochromatic

#110519 #270C39 #4A176B #6D229D #902DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.92

#4A176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4A176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A176B

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A176B	1.00	12.92	1.63	12.92
#FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.139 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a96',
    500: '#4a176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a176b;
$custom-light: #805a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33268,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A176B

secondary

#64A13D

accent

#E84082

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A176B

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

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