#4A2088#4A2088

#4A2088 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.160 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2088
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 136)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 76.5%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.53, 42.41, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.53, 65.89, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.0699 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.16 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7833, 4.2663, 23.7012)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2088 #5E8820

analogous

#202A88 #4A2088 #7E2088

triadic

#4A2088 #884A20 #20884A

tetradic

#4A2088 #88202A #5E8820 #20887E

square

#4A2088 #88202A #5E8820 #20887E

split-complementary

#4A2088 #887E20 #2A8820

monochromatic

#140925 #2F1456 #4A2088 #652CBA #844DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#4A2088 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4A2088 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2088

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2088	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2088	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2088;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.160 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360ac',
    500: '#4a2088',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2088;
$custom-light: #8360ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2088",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.231,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36848,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2088

secondary

#8CB84C

accent

#E543A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2088

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

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