#4A199E#4A199E

#4A199E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.191 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A199E
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.62, 51.34, -62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.62, 80.67, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.0682 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.191 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3415, 4.6193, 32.7405)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A199E #6D9E19

analogous

#192A9E #4A199E #8C199E

triadic

#4A199E #9E4A19 #199E4A

tetradic

#4A199E #9E192A #6D9E19 #199E8C

square

#4A199E #9E192A #6D9E19 #199E8C

split-complementary

#4A199E #9E8C19 #2A9E19

monochromatic

#190834 #311169 #4A199E #6321D3 #854EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#4A199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4A199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A199E

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A199E	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.191 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ebc',
    500: '#4a199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a199e;
$custom-light: #875ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38252,
    "c": 0.19145,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A199E

secondary

#99C54E

accent

#EF38AC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A199E

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

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