#4A2185#4A2185

#4A2185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.156 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2185
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 41.10, -48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 63.73, 310.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.7% 0.0697 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(36.7% 0.156 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6004, 4.2369, 22.6031)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2185 #5C8521

analogous

#212A85 #4A2185 #7C2185

triadic

#4A2185 #854A21 #21854A

tetradic

#4A2185 #85212A #5C8521 #21857C

square

#4A2185 #85212A #5C8521 #21857C

split-complementary

#4A2185 #857C21 #2A8521

monochromatic

#130923 #2F1554 #4A2185 #652DB6 #844DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#4A2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4A2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2185

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2185	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.156 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a9',
    500: '#4a2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2185;
$custom-light: #8260a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.6,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.367,
    "c": 0.15581,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2185

secondary

#8AB64C

accent

#E344A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2185

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

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