#4A2276#4A2276

#4A2276 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.137 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2276
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 118)
HSL	hsl(269, 55%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 71%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 36.51, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 54.87, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.54% 0.0716 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(35.54% 0.137 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6653, 3.9079, 17.5392)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2276 #4E7622

analogous

#222476 #4A2276 #742276

triadic

#4A2276 #764A22 #22764A

tetradic

#4A2276 #762224 #4E7622 #227674

square

#4A2276 #762224 #4E7622 #227674

split-complementary

#4A2276 #767422 #247622

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2C1446 #4A2276 #6830A6 #8648CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#4A2276 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4A2276 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2276

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2276	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2276	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2276;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.137 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81609e',
    500: '#4a2276',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2276;
$custom-light: #81609e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2276",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35542,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2276

secondary

#7CA94B

accent

#DF4997

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2276

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

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