#4A2186#4A2186

#4A2186 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.157 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2186
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 134)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.53, 41.38, -49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.53, 64.27, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.79% 0.0695 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(36.79% 0.157 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6698, 4.2646, 22.9687)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2186 #5D8621

analogous

#212B86 #4A2186 #7C2186

triadic

#4A2186 #864A21 #21864A

tetradic

#4A2186 #86212B #5D8621 #21867C

square

#4A2186 #86212B #5D8621 #21867C

split-complementary

#4A2186 #867C21 #2B8621

monochromatic

#140924 #2F1555 #4A2186 #652DB7 #844ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#4A2186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4A2186 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2186

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2186	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.157 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360aa',
    500: '#4a2186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2186;
$custom-light: #8360aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.356,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36789,
    "c": 0.15698,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2186

secondary

#8BB74C

accent

#E444A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2186

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

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