#4A2197#4A2197

#4A2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.177 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2197
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 46.06, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 73.42, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.0649 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.177 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9522, 4.7776, 29.7226)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2197 #6E9721

analogous

#213397 #4A2197 #852197

triadic

#4A2197 #974A21 #21974A

tetradic

#4A2197 #972133 #6E9721 #219785

square

#4A2197 #972133 #6E9721 #219785

split-complementary

#4A2197 #978521 #339721

monochromatic

#190B33 #311665 #4A2197 #632CC9 #8558DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#4A2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4A2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2197

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2197	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.177 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561b7',
    500: '#4a2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2197;
$custom-light: #8561b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.847,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38368,
    "c": 0.17656,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2197

secondary

#9ABE55

accent

#E741AD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2197

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

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