#4A197E#4A197E

#4A197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.157 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A197E
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.50, 42.98, -47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.50, 64.02, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.079 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.157 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9366, 3.6574, 20.0751)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.04

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A197E #4D7E19

analogous

#191B7E #4A197E #7D197E

triadic

#4A197E #7E4A19 #197E4A

tetradic

#4A197E #7E191B #4D7E19 #197E7D

square

#4A197E #7E191B #4D7E19 #197E7D

split-complementary

#4A197E #7E7D19 #1B7E19

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0F4B #4A197E #6823B1 #863AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#4A197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4A197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A197E

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A197E	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.157 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca4',
    500: '#4a197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a197e;
$custom-light: #825ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.109,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35146,
    "c": 0.15692,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A197E

secondary

#7BB241

accent

#EA3E96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A197E

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