#4A176E#4A176E

#4A176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.142 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A176E
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.81, 39.82, -39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.81, 56.41, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(33.52% 0.085 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(33.52% 0.142 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9443, 3.1945, 15.0523)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A176E #3B6E17

analogous

#1E176E #4A176E #6E1766

triadic

#4A176E #6E4A17 #176E4A

tetradic

#4A176E #6E1E17 #3B6E17 #17666E

square

#4A176E #6E1E17 #3B6E17 #17666E

split-complementary

#4A176E #666E17 #176E1E

monochromatic

#110519 #280C3B #4A176E #6C22A1 #8E2CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.81

#4A176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4A176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A176E

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A176E	1.00	12.81	1.64	12.81
#FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.142 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a98',
    500: '#4a176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a176e;
$custom-light: #815a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33521,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A176E

secondary

#68A43D

accent

#E83F85

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A176E

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

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