#4A2188#4A2188

#4A2188 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.159 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2188
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 136)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 75.7%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.71, 41.93, -50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.71, 65.36, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.97% 0.069 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(36.97% 0.159 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8106, 4.3209, 23.7103)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2188 #5F8821

analogous

#212C88 #4A2188 #7D2188

triadic

#4A2188 #884A21 #21884A

tetradic

#4A2188 #88212C #5F8821 #21887D

square

#4A2188 #88212C #5F8821 #21887D

split-complementary

#4A2188 #887D21 #2C8821

monochromatic

#140925 #2F1557 #4A2188 #652DB9 #844FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#4A2188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4A2188 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2188

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2188	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.159 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ac',
    500: '#4a2188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2188;
$custom-light: #8361ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.883,
    "s": 60.947,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3697,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2188

secondary

#8DB84D

accent

#E444A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2188

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

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