#4A277D#4A277D

#4A277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.138 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A277D
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.91, 35.70, -42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.91, 55.81, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0648 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.138 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2503, 4.3874, 19.8629)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A277D #5A7D27

analogous

#272F7D #4A277D #75277D

triadic

#4A277D #7D4A27 #277D4A

tetradic

#4A277D #7D272F #5A7D27 #277D75

square

#4A277D #7D272F #5A7D27 #277D75

split-complementary

#4A277D #7D7527 #2F7D27

monochromatic

#130A20 #2E184E #4A277D #6636AC #8455CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#4A277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4A277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A277D

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A277D	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.138 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8164a3',
    500: '#4a277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a277d;
$custom-light: #8164a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.419,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36828,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A277D

secondary

#89AF51

accent

#DC4CA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A277D

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

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