#4A186B#4A186B

#4A186B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.137 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A186B
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 107)
HSL	hsl(276, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 77.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.71, 38.64, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.71, 54.30, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.38% 0.0846 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(33.38% 0.137 308)
XYZ	xyz(5.8040, 3.1707, 14.2133)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A186B #396B18

analogous

#21186B #4A186B #6B1862

triadic

#4A186B #6B4A18 #186B4A

tetradic

#4A186B #6B2118 #396B18 #18626B

square

#4A186B #6B2118 #396B18 #18626B

split-complementary

#4A186B #626B18 #186B21

monochromatic

#110619 #270D39 #4A186B #6D239D #8F2ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#4A186B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4A186B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A186B

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A186B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A186B	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a186b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.137 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a96',
    500: '#4a186b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a186b;
$custom-light: #805a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a186b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.145,
    "s": 63.359,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33379,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.03171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A186B

secondary

#65A13E

accent

#E64183

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A186B

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

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