#4A208B#4A208B

#4A208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.164 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A208B
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 43.24, -51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 67.51, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% 0.0692 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.164 295)
XYZ	xyz(7.9995, 4.3527, 24.8398)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A208B #618B20

analogous

#202C8B #4A208B #7F208B

triadic

#4A208B #8B4A20 #208B4A

tetradic

#4A208B #8B202C #618B20 #208B7F

square

#4A208B #8B202C #618B20 #208B7F

split-complementary

#4A208B #8B7F20 #2C8B20

monochromatic

#150928 #301559 #4A208B #642BBD #844FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#4A208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4A208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A208B

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A208B	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.164 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360ae',
    500: '#4a208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a208b;
$custom-light: #8360ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.551,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37123,
    "c": 0.1639,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A208B

secondary

#8FBA4D

accent

#E642A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A208B

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

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