#4A2283#4A2283

#4A2283 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.152 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2283
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 131)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 74%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 40.05, -47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 62.08, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.0692 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.152 297)
XYZ	xyz(7.4917, 4.2384, 21.8917)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2283 #5B8322

analogous

#222B83 #4A2283 #7A2283

triadic

#4A2283 #834A22 #22834A

tetradic

#4A2283 #83222B #5B8322 #22837A

square

#4A2283 #83222B #5B8322 #22837A

split-complementary

#4A2283 #837A22 #2B8322

monochromatic

#130922 #2F1552 #4A2283 #652FB4 #844ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4A2283 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4A2283 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2283

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2283	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2283	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2283;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.152 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a8',
    500: '#4a2283',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2283;
$custom-light: #8261a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2283",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.742,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36649,
    "c": 0.15226,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.04239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2283

secondary

#8AB44C

accent

#E246A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2283

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

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