#4A218D#4A218D

#4A218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.165 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A218D
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 43.30, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 68.07, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.0677 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.165 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1743, 4.4664, 25.6256)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A218D #648D21

analogous

#212E8D #4A218D #80218D

triadic

#4A218D #8D4A21 #218D4A

tetradic

#4A218D #8D212E #648D21 #218D80

square

#4A218D #8D212E #648D21 #218D80

split-complementary

#4A218D #8D8021 #2E8D21

monochromatic

#160A2A #30155B #4A218D #642DBF #8452D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#4A218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4A218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A218D

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A218D	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.165 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461af',
    500: '#4a218d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a218d;
$custom-light: #8461af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.778,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37427,
    "c": 0.16509,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A218D

secondary

#92BA50

accent

#E543A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A218D

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

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