#4A208A#4A208A

#4A208A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.163 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A208A
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 76.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.71, 42.96, -51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.71, 66.97, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.0694 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.163 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9268, 4.3236, 24.4567)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A208A #608A20

analogous

#202B8A #4A208A #7F208A

triadic

#4A208A #8A4A20 #208A4A

tetradic

#4A208A #8A202B #608A20 #208A7F

square

#4A208A #8A202B #608A20 #208A7F

split-complementary

#4A208A #8A7F20 #2B8A20

monochromatic

#150927 #2F1458 #4A208A #652CBC #844ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#4A208A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4A208A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A208A

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A208A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A208A	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a208a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.163 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360ad',
    500: '#4a208a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a208a;
$custom-light: #8360ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a208a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.774,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37031,
    "c": 0.16274,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A208A

secondary

#8EB94D

accent

#E542A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A208A

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

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