#4A218F#4A218F

#4A218F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.167 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A218F
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 143)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 76.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 43.85, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 69.15, 309.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.0672 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.167 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3245, 4.5265, 26.4164)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.23

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A218F #668F21

analogous

#212F8F #4A218F #81218F

triadic

#4A218F #8F4A21 #218F4A

tetradic

#4A218F #8F212F #668F21 #218F81

square

#4A218F #8F212F #668F21 #218F81

split-complementary

#4A218F #8F8121 #2F8F21

monochromatic

#170A2C #30165D #4A218F #642CC1 #8453D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#4A218F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4A218F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A218F

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A218F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A218F	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a218f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.167 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461b1',
    500: '#4a218f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a218f;
$custom-light: #8461b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a218f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.364,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37612,
    "c": 0.1674,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A218F

secondary

#93BB51

accent

#E642A9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A218F

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

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