#4A176F#4A176F

#4A176F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.143 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A176F
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 111)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.89, 40.07, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.89, 56.94, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(33.61% 0.0848 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(33.61% 0.143 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9991, 3.2164, 15.3406)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A176F #3C6F17

analogous

#1E176F #4A176F #6F1768

triadic

#4A176F #6F4A17 #176F4A

tetradic

#4A176F #6F1E17 #3C6F17 #17686F

square

#4A176F #6F1E17 #3C6F17 #17686F

split-complementary

#4A176F #686F17 #176F1E

monochromatic

#110519 #280C3C #4A176F #6C22A2 #8D2DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#4A176F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4A176F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A176F

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A176F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A176F	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a176f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.143 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a99',
    500: '#4a176f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a176f;
$custom-light: #815a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a176f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.773,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33606,
    "c": 0.14293,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A176F

secondary

#69A53D

accent

#E93F86

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A176F

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

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