#4A2183#4A2183

#4A2183 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.153 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2183
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 131)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 40.56, -47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 62.63, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.52% 0.0702 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(36.52% 0.153 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4636, 4.1821, 21.8823)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2183 #5A8321

analogous

#212983 #4A2183 #7B2183

triadic

#4A2183 #834A21 #21834A

tetradic

#4A2183 #832129 #5A8321 #21837B

square

#4A2183 #832129 #5A8321 #21837B

split-complementary

#4A2183 #837B21 #298321

monochromatic

#130821 #2E1552 #4A2183 #662DB4 #844CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#4A2183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4A2183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2183

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2183	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.153 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a8',
    500: '#4a2183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2183;
$custom-light: #8260a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.102,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36522,
    "c": 0.15348,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2183

secondary

#89B54B

accent

#E345A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2183

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

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