#4918B4#4918B4

#4918B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.216 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4918B4
RGB	rgb(73, 24, 180)
HSL	hsl(259, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 86.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.75, 57.36, -72.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.75, 92.05, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.0585 -0.2074)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.216 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3100, 5.3643, 43.6106)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4918B4 #83B418

analogous

#1835B4 #4918B4 #9718B4

triadic

#4918B4 #B44918 #18B449

tetradic

#4918B4 #B41835 #83B418 #18B497

square

#4918B4 #B41835 #83B418 #18B497

split-complementary

#4918B4 #B49718 #35B418

monochromatic

#1D0A48 #33117E #4918B4 #6227E2 #895DE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#4918B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4918B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4918B4

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4918B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4918B4	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#044B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4918b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 24, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.216 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5fcc',
    500: '#4918b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4918b4;
$custom-light: #8a5fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4918b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.846,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40379,
    "c": 0.21552,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4918B4

secondary

#A9CD5B

accent

#F335B7

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F1EAF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4918B4

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

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