#4A187D#4A187D

#4A187D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.157 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A187D
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 80.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.27, 43.15, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.27, 63.95, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.0801 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.157 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8514, 3.5897, 19.7300)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.92

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A187D #4B7D18

analogous

#18197D #4A187D #7D187D

triadic

#4A187D #7D4A18 #187D4A

tetradic

#4A187D #7D1819 #4B7D18 #187D7D

square

#4A187D #7D1819 #4B7D18 #187D7D

split-complementary

#4A187D #7D7D18 #197D18

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0E4A #4A187D #6822B0 #8737D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#4A187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4A187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A187D

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A187D	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.157 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba3',
    500: '#4a187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a187d;
$custom-light: #825ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.703,
    "s": 67.785,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34952,
    "c": 0.15689,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A187D

secondary

#79B23F

accent

#EB3D95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A187D

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