#4A197D#4A197D

#4A197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.156 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A197D
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 42.72, -46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 63.48, 312.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.0793 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.156 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8724, 3.6317, 19.7370)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A197D #4C7D19

analogous

#191A7D #4A197D #7C197D

triadic

#4A197D #7D4A19 #197D4A

tetradic

#4A197D #7D191A #4C7D19 #197D7C

square

#4A197D #7D191A #4C7D19 #197D7C

split-complementary

#4A197D #7D7C19 #1A7D19

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0F4A #4A197D #6823B0 #8739D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#4A197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4A197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A197D

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A197D	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.156 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca3',
    500: '#4a197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a197d;
$custom-light: #825ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.4,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35055,
    "c": 0.15583,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A197D

secondary

#7AB140

accent

#EA3E96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A197D

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