#4A2377#4A2377

#4A2377 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.137 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2377
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 119)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 70.6%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.64, 36.25, -41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.64, 54.84, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% 0.0703 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.137 301)
XYZ	xyz(6.7540, 3.9898, 17.8635)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2377 #507723

analogous

#232677 #4A2377 #742377

triadic

#4A2377 #774A23 #23774A

tetradic

#4A2377 #772326 #507723 #237774

square

#4A2377 #772326 #507723 #237774

split-complementary

#4A2377 #777423 #267723

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2D1548 #4A2377 #6731A6 #864ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#4A2377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4A2377 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2377

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2377	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.137 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81619f',
    500: '#4a2377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2377;
$custom-light: #81619f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35763,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.0399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2377

secondary

#7EAA4C

accent

#DE4A99

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2377

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

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