#4A2189#4A2189

#4A2189 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.160 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2189
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 75.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.79, 42.20, -50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.79, 65.90, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0688 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.16 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8820, 4.3495, 24.0863)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2189 #608921

analogous

#212C89 #4A2189 #7E2189

triadic

#4A2189 #894A21 #21894A

tetradic

#4A2189 #89212C #608921 #21897E

square

#4A2189 #89212C #608921 #21897E

split-complementary

#4A2189 #897E21 #2C8921

monochromatic

#150926 #2F1558 #4A2189 #652DBA #8450D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#4A2189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4A2189 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2189

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2189	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.160 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ac',
    500: '#4a2189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2189;
$custom-light: #8361ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.654,
    "s": 61.176,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3706,
    "c": 0.16047,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2189

secondary

#8EB84E

accent

#E444A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2189

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

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