#4818A0#4818A0

#4818A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.194 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4818A0
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 160)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 85%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.47, 52.01, -63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.47, 82.24, 309.23°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.0647 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.194 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3424, 4.5686, 33.6404)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4818A0 #70A018

analogous

#182CA0 #4818A0 #8C18A0

triadic

#4818A0 #A04818 #18A048

tetradic

#4818A0 #A0182C #70A018 #18A08C

square

#4818A0 #A0182C #70A018 #18A08C

split-complementary

#4818A0 #A08C18 #2CA018

monochromatic

#180836 #30106B #4818A0 #6020D5 #834EE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#4818A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4818A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4818A0

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4818A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4818A0	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4818a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.194 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865dbd',
    500: '#4818a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4818a0;
$custom-light: #865dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4818a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38156,
    "c": 0.19438,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4818A0

secondary

#9CC64D

accent

#F137AF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4818A0

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

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