#4A277A#4A277A

#4A277A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.135 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A277A
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 122)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 34.86, -41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 54.10, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.58% 0.0652 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(36.58% 0.135 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0615, 4.3119, 18.8688)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 6.27

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A277A #577A27

analogous

#272E7A #4A277A #74277A

triadic

#4A277A #7A4A27 #277A4A

tetradic

#4A277A #7A272E #577A27 #277A74

square

#4A277A #7A272E #577A27 #277A74

split-complementary

#4A277A #7A7427 #2E7A27

monochromatic

#12091D #2E184C #4A277A #6636A8 #8553C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#4A277A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4A277A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A277A

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A277A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A277A	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a277a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.135 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8163a1',
    500: '#4a277a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a277a;
$custom-light: #8163a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a277a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.301,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36584,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A277A

secondary

#86AC51

accent

#DB4D9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A277A

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

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