#4A2178#4A2178

#4A2178 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.141 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2178
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 120)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 72.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.34, 37.58, -42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.34, 56.56, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(35.57% 0.0724 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(35.57% 0.141 301)
XYZ	xyz(6.7572, 3.8996, 18.1624)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.03

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2178 #4F7821

analogous

#212378 #4A2178 #762178

triadic

#4A2178 #784A21 #21784A

tetradic

#4A2178 #782123 #4F7821 #217876

square

#4A2178 #782123 #4F7821 #217876

split-complementary

#4A2178 #787621 #237821

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2C1448 #4A2178 #682EA8 #8647CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#4A2178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4A2178 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2178

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2178	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.141 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8160a0',
    500: '#4a2178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2178;
$custom-light: #8160a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.276,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35573,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2178

secondary

#7DAB4A

accent

#E04898

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2178

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

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