#4A217F#4A217F

#4A217F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.149 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A217F
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 127)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 74%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 39.47, -45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 60.43, 310.77°)
OKLab	oklab(36.17% 0.0711 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(36.17% 0.149 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1977, 4.0758, 20.4820)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.57

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A217F #567F21

analogous

#21277F #4A217F #79217F

triadic

#4A217F #7F4A21 #217F4A

tetradic

#4A217F #7F2127 #567F21 #217F79

square

#4A217F #7F2127 #567F21 #217F79

split-complementary

#4A217F #7F7921 #277F21

monochromatic

#11081E #2E144E #4A217F #662EB0 #854AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#4A217F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A217F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A217F

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A217F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A217F	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a217f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.149 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a5',
    500: '#4a217f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a217f;
$custom-light: #8260a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a217f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.17,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36171,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A217F

secondary

#85B24A

accent

#E2469E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A217F

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

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