#4A217D#4A217D

#4A217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.146 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A217D
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 38.93, -44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 59.33, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.0715 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.146 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0686, 4.0241, 19.8024)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.66

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A217D #547D21

analogous

#21267D #4A217D #78217D

triadic

#4A217D #7D4A21 #217D4A

tetradic

#4A217D #7D2126 #547D21 #217D78

square

#4A217D #7D2126 #547D21 #217D78

split-complementary

#4A217D #7D7821 #267D21

monochromatic

#11071C #2D144D #4A217D #672EAD #8549CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#4A217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4A217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A217D

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A217D	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.146 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8160a3',
    500: '#4a217d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a217d;
$custom-light: #8160a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.739,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35998,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A217D

secondary

#82B04A

accent

#E1469C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A217D

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

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