#4A187B#4A187B

#4A187B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.155 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A187B
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 80.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.09, 42.64, -46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.09, 62.89, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.77% 0.0807 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(34.77% 0.155 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7250, 3.5391, 19.0639)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A187B #497B18

analogous

#19187B #4A187B #7B187B

triadic

#4A187B #7B4A18 #187B4A

tetradic

#4A187B #7B1918 #497B18 #187B7B

square

#4A187B #7B1918 #497B18 #187B7B

split-complementary

#4A187B #7B7B18 #187B19

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0E48 #4A187B #6922AE #8836D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#4A187B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4A187B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A187B

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A187B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A187B	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a187b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.155 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba2',
    500: '#4a187b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a187b;
$custom-light: #825ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a187b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.303,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34769,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A187B

secondary

#77B03F

accent

#EA3E93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A187B

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

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