#4A2184#4A2184

#4A2184 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.155 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2184
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 132)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 75%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 40.83, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 63.18, 310.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.61% 0.07 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(36.61% 0.155 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5317, 4.2094, 22.2410)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2184 #5B8421

analogous

#212A84 #4A2184 #7B2184

triadic

#4A2184 #844A21 #21844A

tetradic

#4A2184 #84212A #5B8421 #21847B

square

#4A2184 #84212A #5B8421 #21847B

split-complementary

#4A2184 #847B21 #2A8421

monochromatic

#130922 #2F1553 #4A2184 #652DB5 #844DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4A2184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4A2184 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2184

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2184	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.155 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a9',
    500: '#4a2184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2184;
$custom-light: #8260a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.848,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3661,
    "c": 0.15465,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2184

secondary

#8AB64B

accent

#E345A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2184

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

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