#4A198E#4A198E

#4A198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.174 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A198E
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.01, 47.14, -55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.01, 72.45, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.0739 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.174 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0528, 4.1039, 25.9538)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A198E #5D8E19

analogous

#19238E #4A198E #84198E

triadic

#4A198E #8E4A19 #198E4A

tetradic

#4A198E #8E1923 #5D8E19 #198E84

square

#4A198E #8E1923 #5D8E19 #198E84

split-complementary

#4A198E #8E8419 #238E19

monochromatic

#140726 #2F105A #4A198E #6522C2 #8443DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#4A198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A198E

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A198E	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.174 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845db0',
    500: '#4a198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a198e;
$custom-light: #845db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.128,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36656,
    "c": 0.17427,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A198E

secondary

#8BBF44

accent

#ED3BA2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A198E

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

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