#4A2280#4A2280

#4A2280 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.149 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2280
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 128)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 73.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 39.23, -45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 60.43, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.0698 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.149 298)
XYZ	xyz(7.2913, 4.1583, 20.8364)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2280 #588022

analogous

#222980 #4A2280 #792280

triadic

#4A2280 #804A22 #22804A

tetradic

#4A2280 #802229 #588022 #228079

square

#4A2280 #802229 #588022 #228079

split-complementary

#4A2280 #807922 #298022

monochromatic

#12081F #2E1550 #4A2280 #662FB0 #844DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4A2280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4A2280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2280

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2280	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.149 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a6',
    500: '#4a2280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2280;
$custom-light: #8261a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.532,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36387,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2280

secondary

#87B24B

accent

#E1479F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2280

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

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