#4A148C · Indigo

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#4A148C is a dark, highly saturated purple color, closest to Indigo and near Indigo and Grape. In OKLCH it has 36% lightness and 0.18 chroma at hue 296°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #4A148C a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#4A148C
RGBrgb(74, 20, 140)
HSLhsl(267, 75%, 31%)
CMYK47, 86, 0, 45
CSS var--indigo
Contrast11.86:1 white · 1.77:1 black

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How to use #4A148C

White text passes WCAG AA on #4A148C (11.86:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #4A148C with its analogous neighbors #141A8A and #84148A; for contrast use its complement #558A14 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--indigo: #4A148C;

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