#4A196D#4A196D

#4A196D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.138 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A196D
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.04, 38.68, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.04, 54.87, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(33.66% 0.0832 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(33.66% 0.138 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9314, 3.2553, 14.7809)
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

#4A196D #3C6D19

analogous

#20196D #4A196D #6D1966

triadic

#4A196D #6D4A19 #196D4A

tetradic

#4A196D #6D2019 #3C6D19 #19666D

square

#4A196D #6D2019 #3C6D19 #19666D

split-complementary

#4A196D #666D19 #196D20

monochromatic

#110619 #280E3B #4A196D #6C249F #8D31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#4A196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4A196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A196D

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A196D	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)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.138 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b97',
    500: '#4a196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a196d;
$custom-light: #805b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33659,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A196D

secondary

#69A23F

accent

#E64286

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A196D

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

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