#4A187E#4A187E

#4A187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.158 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A187E
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.36, 43.41, -47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.36, 64.48, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(35.04% 0.0798 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(35.04% 0.158 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9156, 3.6154, 20.0681)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A187E #4C7E18

analogous

#18197E #4A187E #7D187E

triadic

#4A187E #7E4A18 #187E4A

tetradic

#4A187E #7E1819 #4C7E18 #187E7D

square

#4A187E #7E1819 #4C7E18 #187E7D

split-complementary

#4A187E #7E7D18 #197E18

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0E4B #4A187E #6822B1 #8737D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#4A187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4A187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A187E

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A187E	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.158 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba4',
    500: '#4a187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a187e;
$custom-light: #825ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.412,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35043,
    "c": 0.15796,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A187E

secondary

#7AB23F

accent

#EB3D96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A187E

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