#4A178B#4A178B

#4A178B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.173 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A178B
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 83.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.45, 47.15, -54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.45, 71.75, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.0764 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.173 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7894, 3.9325, 24.7697)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A178B #588B17

analogous

#171E8B #4A178B #84178B

triadic

#4A178B #8B4A17 #178B4A

tetradic

#4A178B #8B171E #588B17 #178B84

square

#4A178B #8B171E #588B17 #178B84

split-complementary

#4A178B #8B8417 #1E8B17

monochromatic

#120622 #2E0E56 #4A178B #6620C0 #843DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#4A178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4A178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A178B

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A178B	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.173 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845cae',
    500: '#4a178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a178b;
$custom-light: #845cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.379,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36177,
    "c": 0.17283,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A178B

secondary

#87BF3F

accent

#EE399F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A178B

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

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