#4A198F#4A198F

#4A198F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.175 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A198F
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 82.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.11, 47.40, -55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.11, 72.97, 310.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.0736 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.175 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1282, 4.1340, 26.3510)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A198F #5E8F19

analogous

#19238F #4A198F #85198F

triadic

#4A198F #8F4A19 #198F4A

tetradic

#4A198F #8F1923 #5E8F19 #198F85

square

#4A198F #8F1923 #5E8F19 #198F85

split-complementary

#4A198F #8F8519 #238F19

monochromatic

#140727 #2F105B #4A198F #6522C3 #8444DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#4A198F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4A198F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A198F

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A198F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A198F	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a198f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.175 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845db1',
    500: '#4a198f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a198f;
$custom-light: #845db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a198f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.915,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36754,
    "c": 0.17535,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A198F

secondary

#8CBF44

accent

#ED3BA3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A198F

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

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