#4A188F#4A188F

#4A188F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.176 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A188F
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 83.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 47.80, -55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 73.40, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.0743 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.176 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1072, 4.0921, 26.3440)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A188F #5D8F18

analogous

#18228F #4A188F #85188F

triadic

#4A188F #8F4A18 #188F4A

tetradic

#4A188F #8F1822 #5D8F18 #188F85

square

#4A188F #8F1822 #5D8F18 #188F85

split-complementary

#4A188F #8F8518 #228F18

monochromatic

#140626 #2F0F5B #4A188F #6521C3 #8442DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#4A188F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A188F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A188F

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A188F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A188F	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a188f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.176 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845db1',
    500: '#4a188f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a188f;
$custom-light: #845db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a188f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.21,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3666,
    "c": 0.17623,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A188F

secondary

#8BC043

accent

#EE3AA2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A188F

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

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