#4A198B#4A198B

#4A198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.171 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A198B
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 46.35, -53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 70.89, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0749 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.171 296)
XYZ	xyz(7.8306, 4.0150, 24.7835)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A198B #5A8B19

analogous

#19218B #4A198B #83198B

triadic

#4A198B #8B4A19 #198B4A

tetradic

#4A198B #8B1921 #5A8B19 #198B83

square

#4A198B #8B1921 #5A8B19 #198B83

split-complementary

#4A198B #8B8319 #218B19

monochromatic

#130623 #2E1057 #4A198B #6622BF #8441DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#4A198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4A198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A198B

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A198B	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.171 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845dae',
    500: '#4a198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a198b;
$custom-light: #845dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.789,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36366,
    "c": 0.17103,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A198B

secondary

#89BE42

accent

#EC3BA0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A198B

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

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