#4A208D#4A208D

#4A208D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.166 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A208D
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 77.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 43.78, -52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 68.59, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.0686 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.166 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1470, 4.4117, 25.6164)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A208D #638D20

analogous

#202D8D #4A208D #81208D

triadic

#4A208D #8D4A20 #208D4A

tetradic

#4A208D #8D202D #638D20 #208D81

square

#4A208D #8D202D #638D20 #208D81

split-complementary

#4A208D #8D8120 #2D8D20

monochromatic

#160929 #30155B #4A208D #642BBF #8450D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#4A208D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4A208D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A208D

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A208D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A208D	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a208d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.166 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460af',
    500: '#4a208d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a208d;
$custom-light: #8460af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a208d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.119,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37308,
    "c": 0.16619,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A208D

secondary

#91BA4E

accent

#E642A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A208D

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

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