#4A2187#4A2187

#4A2187 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.158 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2187
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 75.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 41.65, -49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 64.82, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.0693 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.158 296)
XYZ	xyz(7.7399, 4.2926, 23.3377)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2187 #5E8721

analogous

#212B87 #4A2187 #7D2187

triadic

#4A2187 #874A21 #21874A

tetradic

#4A2187 #87212B #5E8721 #21877D

square

#4A2187 #87212B #5E8721 #21877D

split-complementary

#4A2187 #877D21 #2B8721

monochromatic

#140925 #2F1556 #4A2187 #652DB8 #844FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#4A2187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4A2187 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2187

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2187	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.158 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ab',
    500: '#4a2187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2187;
$custom-light: #8361ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.118,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36879,
    "c": 0.15815,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2187

secondary

#8CB74D

accent

#E444A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2187

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

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