#4A196C#4A196C

#4A196C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.137 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A196C
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(275, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.96, 38.43, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.96, 54.33, 315.01°)
OKLab	oklab(33.58% 0.0834 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(33.58% 0.137 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8779, 3.2339, 14.4990)
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

#4A196C #3B6C19

analogous

#20196C #4A196C #6C1964

triadic

#4A196C #6C4A19 #196C4A

tetradic

#4A196C #6C2019 #3B6C19 #19646C

square

#4A196C #6C2019 #3B6C19 #19646C

split-complementary

#4A196C #646C19 #196C20

monochromatic

#110619 #280D3A #4A196C #6C259E #8E30CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#4A196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4A196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A196C

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A196C	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)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.137 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b97',
    500: '#4a196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a196c;
$custom-light: #805b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.422,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33576,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A196C

secondary

#68A13F

accent

#E54285

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A196C

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

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