#4A197C#4A197C

#4A197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.155 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A197C
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 42.47, -46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 62.95, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0795 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.155 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8089, 3.6063, 19.4022)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A197C #4B7C19

analogous

#191A7C #4A197C #7C197C

triadic

#4A197C #7C4A19 #197C4A

tetradic

#4A197C #7C191A #4B7C19 #197C7C

square

#4A197C #7C191A #4B7C19 #197C7C

split-complementary

#4A197C #7C7C19 #1A7C19

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2C0F49 #4A197C #6823AF #8738D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#4A197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4A197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A197C

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A197C	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.155 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca3',
    500: '#4a197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a197c;
$custom-light: #825ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.697,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34965,
    "c": 0.15475,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A197C

secondary

#79B040

accent

#E93E95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A197C

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

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