#4A218E#4A218E

#4A218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.166 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A218E
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.25, 43.58, -52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.25, 68.61, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0675 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.166 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2490, 4.4963, 26.0192)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.12

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A218E #658E21

analogous

#212E8E #4A218E #81218E

triadic

#4A218E #8E4A21 #218E4A

tetradic

#4A218E #8E212E #658E21 #218E81

square

#4A218E #8E212E #658E21 #218E81

split-complementary

#4A218E #8E8121 #2E8E21

monochromatic

#160A2B #30155C #4A218E #642DC0 #8452D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#4A218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4A218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A218E

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A218E	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.166 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461b0',
    500: '#4a218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a218e;
$custom-light: #8461b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.569,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37519,
    "c": 0.16625,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A218E

secondary

#93BA50

accent

#E542A8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A218E

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

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