#4A177F#4A177F

#4A177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.160 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A177F
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.31, 44.08, -48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.31, 65.46, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.04% 0.0804 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(35.04% 0.16 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9602, 3.6009, 20.4029)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.66

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A177F #4C7F17

analogous

#17187F #4A177F #7E177F

triadic

#4A177F #7F4A17 #177F4A

tetradic

#4A177F #7F1718 #4C7F17 #177F7E

square

#4A177F #7F1718 #4C7F17 #177F7E

split-complementary

#4A177F #7F7E17 #187F17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0E4B #4A177F #6820B3 #8736DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#4A177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4A177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A177F

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A177F	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.160 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba5',
    500: '#4a177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a177f;
$custom-light: #825ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.423,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35036,
    "c": 0.16004,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A177F

secondary

#7AB43E

accent

#EC3C96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A177F

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

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