#4A217C#4A217C

#4A217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.145 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A217C
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 38.66, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 58.78, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.0717 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.145 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0051, 3.9987, 19.4676)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A217C #537C21

analogous

#21257C #4A217C #77217C

triadic

#4A217C #7C4A21 #217C4A

tetradic

#4A217C #7C2125 #537C21 #217C77

square

#4A217C #7C2125 #537C21 #217C77

split-complementary

#4A217C #7C7721 #257C21

monochromatic

#10071B #2D144C #4A217C #672EAC #8549CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4A217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4A217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A217C

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A217C	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.145 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8160a3',
    500: '#4a217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a217c;
$custom-light: #8160a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.033,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35912,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A217C

secondary

#81AF4A

accent

#E1479C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A217C

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

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