#4A208F#4A208F

#4A208F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.168 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A208F
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 77.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.17, 44.33, -53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.17, 69.66, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0681 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.168 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2971, 4.4718, 26.4073)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.11

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A208F #658F20

analogous

#202D8F #4A208F #82208F

triadic

#4A208F #8F4A20 #208F4A

tetradic

#4A208F #8F202D #658F20 #208F82

square

#4A208F #8F202D #658F20 #208F82

split-complementary

#4A208F #8F8220 #2D8F20

monochromatic

#160A2B #30155D #4A208F #642BC1 #8451D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#4A208F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4A208F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A208F

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A208F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A208F	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a208f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.168 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460b1',
    500: '#4a208f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a208f;
$custom-light: #8460b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a208f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.703,
    "s": 63.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37495,
    "c": 0.16847,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A208F

secondary

#93BB4F

accent

#E641A8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A208F

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

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