#4A218B#4A218B

#4A218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.163 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A218B
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.98, 42.75, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.98, 66.99, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% 0.0683 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.163 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0268, 4.4074, 24.8489)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A218B #628B21

analogous

#212D8B #4A218B #7F218B

triadic

#4A218B #8B4A21 #218B4A

tetradic

#4A218B #8B212D #628B21 #218B7F

square

#4A218B #8B212D #628B21 #218B7F

split-complementary

#4A218B #8B7F21 #2D8B21

monochromatic

#150A28 #30155A #4A218B #642DBC #8451D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#4A218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4A218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A218B

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A218B	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.163 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ae',
    500: '#4a218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a218b;
$custom-light: #8361ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.208,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37243,
    "c": 0.16279,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A218B

secondary

#90B94F

accent

#E543A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A218B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →