#4A187F#4A187F

#4A187F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.159 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A187F
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 127)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 81.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 43.66, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 65.01, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.0795 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.159 300)
XYZ	xyz(6.9805, 3.6413, 20.4096)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A187F #4D7F18

analogous

#181A7F #4A187F #7E187F

triadic

#4A187F #7F4A18 #187F4A

tetradic

#4A187F #7F181A #4D7F18 #187F7E

square

#4A187F #7F181A #4D7F18 #187F7E

split-complementary

#4A187F #7F7E18 #1A7F18

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0E4C #4A187F #6822B2 #8638D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#4A187F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4A187F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A187F

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A187F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A187F	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a187f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.159 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba5',
    500: '#4a187f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a187f;
$custom-light: #825ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a187f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.126,
    "s": 68.212,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35135,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.03641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A187F

secondary

#7BB33F

accent

#EB3D96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A187F

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