#4A2198#4A2198

#4A2198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.178 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2198
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 152)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 46.34, -57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 73.95, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0646 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.178 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0338, 4.8102, 30.1521)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2198 #6F9821

analogous

#213498 #4A2198 #862198

triadic

#4A2198 #984A21 #21984A

tetradic

#4A2198 #982134 #6F9821 #219886

square

#4A2198 #982134 #6F9821 #219886

split-complementary

#4A2198 #988621 #349821

monochromatic

#190B33 #321666 #4A2198 #622CCA #8559DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#4A2198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4A2198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2198

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2198	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.178 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561b7',
    500: '#4a2198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2198;
$custom-light: #8561b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.672,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38464,
    "c": 0.1777,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2198

secondary

#9BBF56

accent

#E740AE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2198

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

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