#4A218C#4A218C

#4A218C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.164 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A218C
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.07, 43.03, -52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.07, 67.53, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.068 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.164 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1002, 4.4368, 25.2355)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A218C #638C21

analogous

#212D8C #4A218C #80218C

triadic

#4A218C #8C4A21 #218C4A

tetradic

#4A218C #8C212D #638C21 #218C80

square

#4A218C #8C212D #638C21 #218C80

split-complementary

#4A218C #8C8021 #2D8C21

monochromatic

#160A29 #30155A #4A218C #642DBE #8451D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#4A218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4A218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A218C

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A218C	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.164 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361af',
    500: '#4a218c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a218c;
$custom-light: #8361af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.991,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37335,
    "c": 0.16394,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A218C

secondary

#91B94F

accent

#E543A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A218C

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

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