#4A176C#4A176C

#4A176C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.140 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A176C
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.64, 39.33, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.64, 55.34, 315.30°)
OKLab	oklab(33.35% 0.0854 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(33.35% 0.14 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8366, 3.1514, 14.4853)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A176C #396C17

analogous

#1F176C #4A176C #6C1763

triadic

#4A176C #6C4A17 #176C4A

tetradic

#4A176C #6C1F17 #396C17 #17636C

square

#4A176C #6C1F17 #396C17 #17636C

split-complementary

#4A176C #636C17 #176C1F

monochromatic

#110519 #270C3A #4A176C #6D229E #8F2CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#4A176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4A176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A176C

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A176C	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.140 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a97',
    500: '#4a176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a176c;
$custom-light: #805a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33352,
    "c": 0.13972,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A176C

secondary

#65A23D

accent

#E84083

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A176C

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

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