#4A3073#4A3073

#4A3073 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.111 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3073
RGB	rgb(74, 48, 115)
HSL	hsl(263, 41%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 58.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.18, 27.52, -34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.18, 44.13, 308.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0538 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.111 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9747, 4.8075, 16.7768)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3073 #597330

analogous

#303873 #4A3073 #6C3073

triadic

#4A3073 #734A30 #30734A

tetradic

#4A3073 #733038 #597330 #30736C

square

#4A3073 #733038 #597330 #30736C

split-complementary

#4A3073 #736C30 #387330

monochromatic

#120C1D #2E1E48 #4A3073 #66429E #8461BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4A3073 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4A3073 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3073

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3073	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3073	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133E75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3D71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3073;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 48, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.111 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f699c',
    500: '#4a3073',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3073;
$custom-light: #7f699c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3073",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.284,
    "s": 41.104,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37517,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3073

secondary

#88A45B

accent

#D157A2

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3073

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

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