#4A177E#4A177E

#4A177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.159 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A177E
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 43.82, -47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 64.94, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0807 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.159 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8954, 3.5749, 20.0614)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A177E #4B7E17

analogous

#17177E #4A177E #7E177E

triadic

#4A177E #7E4A17 #177E4A

tetradic

#4A177E #7E1717 #4B7E17 #177E7E

square

#4A177E #7E1717 #4B7E17 #177E7E

split-complementary

#4A177E #7E7E17 #177E17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0E4A #4A177E #6820B2 #8735DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4A177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4A177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A177E

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A177E	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.159 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba4',
    500: '#4a177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a177e;
$custom-light: #825ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.709,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34943,
    "c": 0.15897,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A177E

secondary

#79B33E

accent

#EC3C95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A177E

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