#4A177D#4A177D

#4A177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.158 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A177D
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.12, 43.57, -47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.12, 64.41, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% 0.081 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.158 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8312, 3.5493, 19.7232)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.76

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A177D #4A7D17

analogous

#17177D #4A177D #7D177D

triadic

#4A177D #7D4A17 #177D4A

tetradic

#4A177D #7D1717 #4A7D17 #177D7D

square

#4A177D #7D1717 #4A7D17 #177D7D

split-complementary

#4A177D #7D7D17 #177D17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0D49 #4A177D #6921B1 #8735DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#4A177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4A177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A177D

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A177D	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.158 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba4',
    500: '#4a177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a177d;
$custom-light: #825ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34851,
    "c": 0.15791,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A177D

secondary

#78B23E

accent

#EC3C94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A177D

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

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