#4A207E#4A207E

#4A207E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.149 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A207E
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 74.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 39.70, -45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 60.44, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.96% 0.0723 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(35.96% 0.149 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1055, 3.9951, 20.1314)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.40

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A207E #547E20

analogous

#20257E #4A207E #79207E

triadic

#4A207E #7E4A20 #207E4A

tetradic

#4A207E #7E2025 #547E20 #207E79

square

#4A207E #7E2025 #547E20 #207E79

split-complementary

#4A207E #7E7920 #257E20

monochromatic

#11071C #2D144D #4A207E #672CAF #8548D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4A207E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4A207E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A207E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A207E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A207E	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a207e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.149 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a4',
    500: '#4a207e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a207e;
$custom-light: #8260a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a207e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.809,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35956,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A207E

secondary

#82B149

accent

#E3459C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A207E

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

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