#4A176D#4A176D

#4A176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.141 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A176D
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.72, 39.58, -39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.72, 55.87, 315.10°)
OKLab	oklab(33.44% 0.0852 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(33.44% 0.141 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8902, 3.1728, 14.7672)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A176D #3A6D17

analogous

#1F176D #4A176D #6D1765

triadic

#4A176D #6D4A17 #176D4A

tetradic

#4A176D #6D1F17 #3A6D17 #17656D

square

#4A176D #6D1F17 #3A6D17 #17656D

split-complementary

#4A176D #656D17 #176D1F

monochromatic

#110519 #280C3A #4A176D #6C22A0 #8F2CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#4A176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4A176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A176D

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A176D	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.141 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a97',
    500: '#4a176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a176d;
$custom-light: #815a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.581,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33436,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A176D

secondary

#66A33D

accent

#E84084

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A176D

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

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