#4A2179#4A2179

#4A2179 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.142 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2179
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 121)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 72.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.42, 37.85, -42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.42, 57.12, 311.50°)
OKLab	oklab(35.66% 0.0722 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(35.66% 0.142 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8182, 3.9240, 18.4836)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2179 #507921

analogous

#212479 #4A2179 #762179

triadic

#4A2179 #794A21 #21794A

tetradic

#4A2179 #792124 #507921 #217976

square

#4A2179 #792124 #507921 #217976

split-complementary

#4A2179 #797621 #247921

monochromatic

#0F0719 #2D1449 #4A2179 #672EA9 #8647CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#4A2179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4A2179 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2179

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2179	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.142 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8160a0',
    500: '#4a2179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2179;
$custom-light: #8160a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.955,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35657,
    "c": 0.14172,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2179

secondary

#7EAC4A

accent

#E04799

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2179

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →