#4A177A#4A177A

#4A177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.155 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A177A
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.85, 42.81, -45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.85, 62.82, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(34.58% 0.0819 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(34.58% 0.155 302)
XYZ	xyz(6.6424, 3.4738, 18.7291)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.99

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A177A #477A17

analogous

#18177A #4A177A #7A1778

triadic

#4A177A #7A4A17 #177A4A

tetradic

#4A177A #7A1817 #477A17 #17787A

square

#4A177A #7A1817 #477A17 #17787A

split-complementary

#4A177A #787A17 #177A18

monochromatic

#10051A #2B0D47 #4A177A #6921AD #8833D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#4A177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A177A

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A177A	1.00	12.39	1.69	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.155 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba1',
    500: '#4a177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a177a;
$custom-light: #825ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34577,
    "c": 0.1547,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.03474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A177A

secondary

#75AF3E

accent

#EB3D91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A177A

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

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