#4A217B#4A217B

#4A217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.144 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A217B
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.58, 38.38, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.58, 58.22, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.83% 0.0719 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(35.83% 0.144 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9422, 3.9736, 19.1363)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.79

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A217B #527B21

analogous

#21257B #4A217B #77217B

triadic

#4A217B #7B4A21 #217B4A

tetradic

#4A217B #7B2125 #527B21 #217B77

square

#4A217B #7B2125 #527B21 #217B77

split-complementary

#4A217B #7B7721 #257B21

monochromatic

#10071A #2D144B #4A217B #672EAB #8548CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#4A217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4A217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A217B

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A217B	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.144 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8160a2',
    500: '#4a217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a217b;
$custom-light: #8160a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.333,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35827,
    "c": 0.14408,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A217B

secondary

#80AE4A

accent

#E1479B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A217B

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

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