#4A188E#4A188E

#4A188E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.175 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A188E
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, 47.54, -55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 72.88, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.56% 0.0746 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(36.56% 0.175 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0318, 4.0619, 25.9468)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A188E #5C8E18

analogous

#18218E #4A188E #85188E

triadic

#4A188E #8E4A18 #188E4A

tetradic

#4A188E #8E1821 #5C8E18 #188E85

square

#4A188E #8E1821 #5C8E18 #188E85

split-complementary

#4A188E #8E8518 #218E18

monochromatic

#130625 #2F0F5A #4A188E #6521C2 #8441DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#4A188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4A188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A188E

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A188E	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.175 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845cb0',
    500: '#4a188e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a188e;
$custom-light: #845cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.424,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36562,
    "c": 0.17516,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A188E

secondary

#8AC042

accent

#EE3AA2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A188E

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

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