#4A2282#4A2282

#4A2282 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.151 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2282
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 130)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 73.8%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.36, 39.78, -46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.36, 61.53, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(36.56% 0.0694 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(36.56% 0.151 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4243, 4.2115, 21.5365)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2282 #5A8222

analogous

#222A82 #4A2282 #7A2282

triadic

#4A2282 #824A22 #22824A

tetradic

#4A2282 #82222A #5A8222 #22827A

square

#4A2282 #82222A #5A8222 #22827A

split-complementary

#4A2282 #827A22 #2A8222

monochromatic

#130921 #2E1551 #4A2282 #662FB3 #844ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4A2282 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4A2282 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2282

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2282	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2282	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2282;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.151 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a7',
    500: '#4a2282',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2282;
$custom-light: #8261a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2282",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36561,
    "c": 0.15108,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2282

secondary

#89B44C

accent

#E246A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2282

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

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