#4A17A0#4A17A0

#4A17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.195 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A17A0
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.58, 52.59, -63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.58, 82.46, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(38.29% 0.0685 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(38.29% 0.195 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4738, 4.6063, 33.6408)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A17A0 #6DA017

analogous

#1728A0 #4A17A0 #8E17A0

triadic

#4A17A0 #A04A17 #17A04A

tetradic

#4A17A0 #A01728 #6DA017 #17A08E

square

#4A17A0 #A01728 #6DA017 #17A08E

split-complementary

#4A17A0 #A08E17 #28A017

monochromatic

#190835 #310F6A #4A17A0 #631FD6 #854CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#4A17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4A17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A17A0

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A17A0	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.195 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875dbd',
    500: '#4a17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a17a0;
$custom-light: #875dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.336,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38287,
    "c": 0.19507,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A17A0

secondary

#99C74C

accent

#F136AC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A17A0

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

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