#4A178F#4A178F

#4A178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.177 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A178F
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.84, 48.18, -55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.84, 73.82, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(36.57% 0.075 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(36.57% 0.177 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.0870, 4.0516, 26.3372)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A178F #5C8F17

analogous

#17208F #4A178F #86178F

triadic

#4A178F #8F4A17 #178F4A

tetradic

#4A178F #8F1720 #5C8F17 #178F86

square

#4A178F #8F1720 #5C8F17 #178F86

split-complementary

#4A178F #8F8617 #208F17

monochromatic

#130626 #2F0F5A #4A178F #651FC4 #8440E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#4A178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4A178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A178F

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A178F	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.177 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855cb1',
    500: '#4a178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a178f;
$custom-light: #855cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36568,
    "c": 0.17708,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A178F

secondary

#8AC141

accent

#EF39A2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A178F

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

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