#4A217A#4A217A

#4A217A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.143 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A217A
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.50, 38.12, -43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.50, 57.67, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.072 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.143 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8799, 3.9486, 18.8083)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.86

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A217A #517A21

analogous

#21257A #4A217A #76217A

triadic

#4A217A #7A4A21 #217A4A

tetradic

#4A217A #7A2125 #517A21 #217A76

square

#4A217A #7A2125 #517A21 #217A76

split-complementary

#4A217A #7A7621 #257A21

monochromatic

#10071A #2D144A #4A217A #672EAA #8548CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#4A217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4A217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A217A

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A217A	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.143 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8160a1',
    500: '#4a217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a217a;
$custom-light: #8160a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.64,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35742,
    "c": 0.14291,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A217A

secondary

#7FAD4A

accent

#E1479A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A217A

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

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