#4A2170#4A2170

#4A2170 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.131 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2170
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 112)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.70, 35.45, -38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.70, 52.10, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.0736 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.131 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2919, 3.7134, 15.7114)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2170 #477021

analogous

#222170 #4A2170 #70216E

triadic

#4A2170 #704A21 #21704A

tetradic

#4A2170 #702221 #477021 #216E70

square

#4A2170 #702221 #477021 #216E70

split-complementary

#4A2170 #6E7021 #217022

monochromatic

#100718 #2B1341 #4A2170 #692F9F #8844C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#4A2170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4A2170 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2170

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2170	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04366E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.131 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805f9a',
    500: '#4a2170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2170;
$custom-light: #805f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.139,
    "s": 54.483,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34918,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2170

secondary

#75A449

accent

#DE4A91

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2170

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

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