#4A197F#4A197F

#4A197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.158 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A197F
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.60, 43.24, -47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.60, 64.55, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0787 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.158 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0015, 3.6833, 20.4166)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A197F #4E7F19

analogous

#191B7F #4A197F #7D197F

triadic

#4A197F #7F4A19 #197F4A

tetradic

#4A197F #7F191B #4E7F19 #197F7D

square

#4A197F #7F191B #4E7F19 #197F7D

split-complementary

#4A197F #7F7D19 #1B7F19

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0F4C #4A197F #6823B2 #863AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#4A197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4A197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A197F

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A197F	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.158 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca5',
    500: '#4a197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a197f;
$custom-light: #825ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.824,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35238,
    "c": 0.15802,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A197F

secondary

#7CB341

accent

#EA3E97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A197F

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