#4A247D#4A247D

#4A247D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.143 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A247D
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 125)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 37.35, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 57.61, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% 0.0682 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.143 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1556, 4.1982, 19.8314)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A247D #577D24

analogous

#242B7D #4A247D #77247D

triadic

#4A247D #7D4A24 #247D4A

tetradic

#4A247D #7D242B #577D24 #247D77

square

#4A247D #7D242B #577D24 #247D77

split-complementary

#4A247D #7D7724 #2B7D24

monochromatic

#12091E #2E164D #4A247D #6632AD #854FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4A247D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4A247D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A247D

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A247D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A247D	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a247d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.143 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162a3',
    500: '#4a247d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a247d;
$custom-light: #8162a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a247d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.618,
    "s": 55.28,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.364,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A247D

secondary

#86AF4D

accent

#DF499F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A247D

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

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