#4A186E#4A186E

#4A186E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.141 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A186E
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 110)
HSL	hsl(275, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.96, 39.38, -39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.96, 55.92, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(33.63% 0.084 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(33.63% 0.141 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9645, 3.2350, 15.0590)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A186E #3C6E18

analogous

#1F186E #4A186E #6E1867

triadic

#4A186E #6E4A18 #186E4A

tetradic

#4A186E #6E1F18 #3C6E18 #18676E

square

#4A186E #6E1F18 #3C6E18 #18676E

split-complementary

#4A186E #676E18 #186E1F

monochromatic

#110519 #280D3C #4A186E #6C23A0 #8D2FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#4A186E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4A186E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A186E

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A186E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A186E	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a186e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.141 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b98',
    500: '#4a186e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a186e;
$custom-light: #815b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a186e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.884,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3363,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A186E

secondary

#69A43E

accent

#E74186

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A186E

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

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