#4A2180#4A2180

#4A2180 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.150 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2180
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 128)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 74.2%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.01, 39.74, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.01, 60.98, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(36.26% 0.0709 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(36.26% 0.15 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2632, 4.1020, 20.8270)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2180 #578021

analogous

#212880 #4A2180 #7A2180

triadic

#4A2180 #804A21 #21804A

tetradic

#4A2180 #802128 #578021 #21807A

square

#4A2180 #802128 #578021 #21807A

split-complementary

#4A2180 #807A21 #288021

monochromatic

#12081F #2E144F #4A2180 #662EB1 #854BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#4A2180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A2180 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2180

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2180	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.150 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a6',
    500: '#4a2180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2180;
$custom-light: #8260a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.895,
    "s": 59.006,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36258,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2180

secondary

#86B34A

accent

#E2469F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2180

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

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