#4A2287#4A2287

#4A2287 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.157 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2287
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.79, 41.15, -49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.79, 64.28, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.0683 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.157 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7681, 4.3490, 23.3471)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2287 #5F8722

analogous

#222D87 #4A2287 #7C2287

triadic

#4A2287 #874A22 #22874A

tetradic

#4A2287 #87222D #5F8722 #22877C

square

#4A2287 #87222D #5F8722 #22877C

split-complementary

#4A2287 #877C22 #2D8722

monochromatic

#140925 #2F1656 #4A2287 #652EB8 #8450D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#4A2287 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4A2287 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2287

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2287	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2287	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2287;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.157 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ab',
    500: '#4a2287',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2287;
$custom-light: #8361ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2287",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.762,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37004,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2287

secondary

#8DB74E

accent

#E345A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2287

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

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