#4A186D#4A186D

#4A186D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.140 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A186D
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 109)
HSL	hsl(275, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 78%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.88, 39.13, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.88, 55.38, 314.96°)
OKLab	oklab(33.55% 0.0842 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(33.55% 0.14 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9104, 3.2133, 14.7739)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A186D #3B6D18

analogous

#1F186D #4A186D #6D1865

triadic

#4A186D #6D4A18 #186D4A

tetradic

#4A186D #6D1F18 #3B6D18 #18656D

square

#4A186D #6D1F18 #3B6D18 #18656D

split-complementary

#4A186D #656D18 #186D1F

monochromatic

#110619 #280D3B #4A186D #6C239F #8E2ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#4A186D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4A186D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A186D

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A186D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A186D	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a186d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.140 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a97',
    500: '#4a186d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a186d;
$custom-light: #805a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a186d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 63.91,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33546,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A186D

secondary

#68A33E

accent

#E74185

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A186D

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

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