#4A198D#4A198D

#4A198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.173 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A198D
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.91, 46.88, -54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.91, 71.93, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.56% 0.0742 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(36.56% 0.173 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9781, 4.0740, 25.5601)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A198D #5C8D19

analogous

#19228D #4A198D #84198D

triadic

#4A198D #8D4A19 #198D4A

tetradic

#4A198D #8D1922 #5C8D19 #198D84

square

#4A198D #8D1922 #5C8D19 #198D84

split-complementary

#4A198D #8D8419 #228D19

monochromatic

#130725 #2F1059 #4A198D #6522C1 #8443DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#4A198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4A198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A198D

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A198D	1.00	11.57	1.81	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.173 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845daf',
    500: '#4a198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a198d;
$custom-light: #845daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.345,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36559,
    "c": 0.17319,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A198D

secondary

#8ABF43

accent

#ED3BA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A198D

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

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