#4A208E#4A208E

#4A208E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.167 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A208E
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.08, 44.06, -53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.08, 69.13, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.0683 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.167 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2217, 4.4416, 26.0101)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.99

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A208E #648E20

analogous

#202D8E #4A208E #81208E

triadic

#4A208E #8E4A20 #208E4A

tetradic

#4A208E #8E202D #648E20 #208E81

square

#4A208E #8E202D #648E20 #208E81

split-complementary

#4A208E #8E8120 #2D8E20

monochromatic

#16092A #30155C #4A208E #642BC0 #8451D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#4A208E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4A208E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A208E

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A208E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A208E	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a208e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.167 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460b0',
    500: '#4a208e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a208e;
$custom-light: #8460b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a208e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.909,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37402,
    "c": 0.16734,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A208E

secondary

#92BB4F

accent

#E642A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A208E

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

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