#4A217E#4A217E

#4A217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.148 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A217E
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.84, 39.20, -45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.84, 59.88, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0713 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.148 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1328, 4.0498, 20.1405)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A217E #557E21

analogous

#21267E #4A217E #78217E

triadic

#4A217E #7E4A21 #217E4A

tetradic

#4A217E #7E2126 #557E21 #217E78

square

#4A217E #7E2126 #557E21 #217E78

split-complementary

#4A217E #7E7821 #267E21

monochromatic

#11081D #2E144E #4A217E #662EAE #854AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#4A217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4A217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A217E

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A217E	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.148 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a4',
    500: '#4a217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a217e;
$custom-light: #8260a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.452,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36084,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A217E

secondary

#83B14A

accent

#E2469D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A217E

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

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