#4A187C#4A187C
#4A187C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.156 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #4A187C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(74, 24, 124) |
| HSL | hsl(270, 68%, 29%) |
| HSV | hsv(270, 81%, 49%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(40.3%, 80.6%, 0%, 51.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(22.18, 42.90, -46.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(22.18, 63.42, 312.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(34.86% 0.0804 -0.1334) |
| OKLCH | oklch(34.86% 0.156 301.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(6.7879, 3.5643, 19.3952) |
| Luminance | 0.0356 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | violet |
Closest named colors
Indigo
#4B0082
ΔE00 2.99
Royal Purple (survey)
#4B006E
ΔE00 3.87
Indigo (survey)
#380282
ΔE00 4.55
Midnight Blue
#191970
ΔE00 7.90
Rebeccapurple
#663399
ΔE00 8.07
Royal
#0C1793
ΔE00 8.37
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#4A187C #4A7C18
analogous
#18187C #4A187C #7C187C
triadic
#4A187C #7C4A18 #187C4A
tetradic
#4A187C #7C1818 #4A7C18 #187C7C
square
#4A187C #7C1818 #4A7C18 #187C7C
split-complementary
#4A187C #7C7C18 #187C18
monochromatic
#0F051A #2B0E49 #4A187C #6922AF #8736D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
12.26
#4A187C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
1.71
#4A187C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #4A187C
12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##4A187C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##4A187C | 1.00 | 12.26 | 1.71 | 12.26 |
| #FFFFFF | 12.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 1.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 12.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#00357F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00347A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3F334A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#353535
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #4a187c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 124); /* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.156 301.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#825ba3',
500: '#4a187c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #4a187c; $custom-light: #825ba3; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#4a187c",
"rgb": {
"r": 74,
"g": 24,
"b": 124
},
"hsl": {
"h": 270,
"s": 67.568,
"l": 29.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.3486,
"c": 0.15581,
"h": 301.1
},
"luminance": 0.03564
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#4A187C
secondary
#78B13F
accent
#EA3D94
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#EFE9F4
border
#CAC5CE
text
#0B040F
muted
#7C797F