#4A186F#4A186F

#4A186F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.142 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A186F
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 111)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 78.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.04, 39.62, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.04, 56.46, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(33.72% 0.0838 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(33.72% 0.142 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0193, 3.2569, 15.3474)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A186F #3D6F18

analogous

#1F186F #4A186F #6F1869

triadic

#4A186F #6F4A18 #186F4A

tetradic

#4A186F #6F1F18 #3D6F18 #18696F

square

#4A186F #6F1F18 #3D6F18 #18696F

split-complementary

#4A186F #696F18 #186F1F

monochromatic

#110519 #280D3D #4A186F #6C23A1 #8D2FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#4A186F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4A186F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A186F

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A186F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A186F	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a186f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.142 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b99',
    500: '#4a186f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a186f;
$custom-light: #815b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a186f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.483,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33715,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A186F

secondary

#6AA53E

accent

#E74087

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A186F

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

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