#4A2176#4A2176

#4A2176 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.138 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2176
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 118)
HSL	hsl(269, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 72%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 37.04, -41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 55.45, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.41% 0.0727 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(35.41% 0.138 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6371, 3.8515, 17.5298)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2176 #4D7621

analogous

#212376 #4A2176 #752176

triadic

#4A2176 #764A21 #21764A

tetradic

#4A2176 #762123 #4D7621 #217675

square

#4A2176 #762123 #4D7621 #217675

split-complementary

#4A2176 #767521 #237621

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2C1446 #4A2176 #682EA6 #8646CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#4A2176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4A2176 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2176

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2176	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.138 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81609e',
    500: '#4a2176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2176;
$custom-light: #81609e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.941,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35406,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2176

secondary

#7BA94A

accent

#E04897

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2176

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

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