#4A197A#4A197A

#4A197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.153 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A197A
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 41.95, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 61.88, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.78% 0.0801 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(34.78% 0.153 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6837, 3.5562, 18.7429)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A197A #497A19

analogous

#1A197A #4A197A #7A197A

triadic

#4A197A #7A4A19 #197A4A

tetradic

#4A197A #7A1A19 #497A19 #197A7A

square

#4A197A #7A1A19 #497A19 #197A7A

split-complementary

#4A197A #7A7A19 #197A1A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2B0F47 #4A197A #6923AD #8837D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#4A197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4A197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A197A

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A197A	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.153 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca1',
    500: '#4a197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a197a;
$custom-light: #825ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.309,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34785,
    "c": 0.15256,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A197A

secondary

#77AF40

accent

#E93F93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A197A

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

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