#4A2196#4A2196

#4A2196 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.175 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2196
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 150)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 78%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.00, 45.79, -56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.00, 72.89, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0652 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.175 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8714, 4.7452, 29.2967)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2196 #6D9621

analogous

#213296 #4A2196 #842196

triadic

#4A2196 #964A21 #21964A

tetradic

#4A2196 #962132 #6D9621 #219684

square

#4A2196 #962132 #6D9621 #219684

split-complementary

#4A2196 #968421 #329621

monochromatic

#190B32 #311664 #4A2196 #632CC8 #8557DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#4A2196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4A2196 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2196

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2196	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.175 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561b6',
    500: '#4a2196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2196;
$custom-light: #8561b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.026,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38272,
    "c": 0.17543,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2196

secondary

#99BE55

accent

#E741AD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2196

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

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