#4A196E#4A196E

#4A196E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.139 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A196E
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.12, 38.92, -39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.12, 55.41, 314.62°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.083 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.139 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9855, 3.2770, 15.0660)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A196E #3D6E19

analogous

#20196E #4A196E #6E1968

triadic

#4A196E #6E4A19 #196E4A

tetradic

#4A196E #6E2019 #3D6E19 #19686E

square

#4A196E #6E2019 #3D6E19 #19686E

split-complementary

#4A196E #686E19 #196E20

monochromatic

#110619 #280E3C #4A196E #6C24A0 #8D31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#4A196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4A196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A196E

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A196E	1.00	12.69	1.66	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.139 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b98',
    500: '#4a196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a196e;
$custom-light: #805b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.588,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33743,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A196E

secondary

#6AA33F

accent

#E64287

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A196E

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

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