#4A196B#4A196B

#4A196B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.136 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A196B
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(276, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.88, 38.18, -37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.88, 53.79, 315.22°)
OKLab	oklab(33.49% 0.0836 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(33.49% 0.136 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8250, 3.2127, 14.2203)
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

#4A196B #3A6B19

analogous

#21196B #4A196B #6B1963

triadic

#4A196B #6B4A19 #196B4A

tetradic

#4A196B #6B2119 #3A6B19 #19636B

square

#4A196B #6B2119 #3A6B19 #19636B

split-complementary

#4A196B #636B19 #196B21

monochromatic

#110619 #280D39 #4A196B #6C259D #8F30CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#4A196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4A196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A196B

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A196B	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)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.136 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b96',
    500: '#4a196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a196b;
$custom-light: #805b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.854,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33493,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A196B

secondary

#66A13F

accent

#E54384

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A196B

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

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