#4A218A#4A218A

#4A218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.162 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A218A
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 42.48, -51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 66.45, 309.74°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.0685 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.162 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9541, 4.3783, 24.4658)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A218A #618A21

analogous

#212C8A #4A218A #7E218A

triadic

#4A218A #8A4A21 #218A4A

tetradic

#4A218A #8A212C #618A21 #218A7E

square

#4A218A #8A212C #618A21 #218A7E

split-complementary

#4A218A #8A7E21 #2C8A21

monochromatic

#150927 #301559 #4A218A #642DBB #8450D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4A218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4A218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A218A

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A218A	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.162 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ad',
    500: '#4a218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a218a;
$custom-light: #8361ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37151,
    "c": 0.16162,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A218A

secondary

#8FB94E

accent

#E543A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A218A

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

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