#4A2371#4A2371

#4A2371 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.129 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2371
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 113)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 69%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 34.63, -38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 51.46, 312.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% 0.071 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.129 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4050, 3.8502, 16.0253)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2371 #4A7123

analogous

#232371 #4A2371 #712371

triadic

#4A2371 #714A23 #23714A

tetradic

#4A2371 #712323 #4A7123 #237171

square

#4A2371 #712323 #4A7123 #237171

split-complementary

#4A2371 #717123 #237123

monochromatic

#0F0717 #2B1542 #4A2371 #6931A0 #8748C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#4A2371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4A2371 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2371

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2371	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07376F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.129 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80619a',
    500: '#4a2371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2371;
$custom-light: #80619a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35279,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2371

secondary

#78A44C

accent

#DC4C94

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2371

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

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