#4A2182#4A2182

#4A2182 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.152 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2182
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 130)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 74.6%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 40.28, -47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 62.08, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(36.43% 0.0704 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(36.43% 0.152 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3961, 4.1551, 21.5271)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2182 #598221

analogous

#212982 #4A2182 #7B2182

triadic

#4A2182 #824A21 #21824A

tetradic

#4A2182 #822129 #598221 #21827B

square

#4A2182 #822129 #598221 #21827B

split-complementary

#4A2182 #827B21 #298221

monochromatic

#120820 #2E1551 #4A2182 #662DB3 #844CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4A2182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4A2182 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2182

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2182	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.152 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a7',
    500: '#4a2182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2182;
$custom-light: #8260a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.361,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36433,
    "c": 0.15231,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2182

secondary

#88B44A

accent

#E345A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2182

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

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