#4A2199#4A2199

#4A2199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.179 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2199
RGB	rgb(74, 33, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 78.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.28, 46.62, -58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.28, 74.48, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% 0.0643 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.179 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1160, 4.8431, 30.5853)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2199 #709921

analogous

#213499 #4A2199 #862199

triadic

#4A2199 #994A21 #21994A

tetradic

#4A2199 #992134 #709921 #219986

square

#4A2199 #992134 #709921 #219986

split-complementary

#4A2199 #998621 #349921

monochromatic

#190B34 #321667 #4A2199 #622CCB #8659DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#4A2199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4A2199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2199

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2199	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 33, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.179 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561b8',
    500: '#4a2199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2199;
$custom-light: #8561b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3856,
    "c": 0.17883,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2199

secondary

#9CBF56

accent

#E840AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2199

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

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