#4A187A#4A187A

#4A187A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.154 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A187A
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 122)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 80.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.00, 42.39, -45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.00, 62.35, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.68% 0.081 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(34.68% 0.154 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6627, 3.5142, 18.7359)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.15

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A187A #487A18

analogous

#19187A #4A187A #7A1879

triadic

#4A187A #7A4A18 #187A4A

tetradic

#4A187A #7A1918 #487A18 #18797A

square

#4A187A #7A1918 #487A18 #18797A

split-complementary

#4A187A #797A18 #187A19

monochromatic

#10051A #2B0E47 #4A187A #6922AD #8835D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#4A187A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4A187A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A187A

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A187A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A187A	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a187a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.154 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba1',
    500: '#4a187a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a187a;
$custom-light: #825ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a187a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34679,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A187A

secondary

#76AF3F

accent

#EA3E92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A187A

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

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