#4A207C#4A207C

#4A207C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.147 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A207C
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 124)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 39.16, -44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 59.34, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.78% 0.0727 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(35.78% 0.147 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9777, 3.9440, 19.4585)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A207C #527C20

analogous

#20247C #4A207C #78207C

triadic

#4A207C #7C4A20 #207C4A

tetradic

#4A207C #7C2024 #527C20 #207C78

square

#4A207C #7C2024 #527C20 #207C78

split-complementary

#4A207C #7C7820 #247C20

monochromatic

#10071B #2D134B #4A207C #672DAD #8547CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#4A207C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4A207C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A207C

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A207C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A207C	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a207c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.147 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815fa3',
    500: '#4a207c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a207c;
$custom-light: #815fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a207c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.391,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35783,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A207C

secondary

#80AF49

accent

#E2469B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A207C

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

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