#4A177B#4A177B

#4A177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.156 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A177B
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.94, 43.06, -46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.94, 63.35, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.67% 0.0816 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(34.67% 0.156 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7047, 3.4987, 19.0571)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A177B #487B17

analogous

#18177B #4A177B #7B177A

triadic

#4A177B #7B4A17 #177B4A

tetradic

#4A177B #7B1817 #487B17 #177A7B

square

#4A177B #7B1817 #487B17 #177A7B

split-complementary

#4A177B #7A7B17 #177B18

monochromatic

#10051A #2B0D47 #4A177B #6921AF #8833D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#4A177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4A177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A177B

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A177B	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.156 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba2',
    500: '#4a177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a177b;
$custom-light: #825ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.6,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34668,
    "c": 0.15578,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A177B

secondary

#76B03E

accent

#EB3C92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A177B

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

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