#4A2288#4A2288

#4A2288 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.158 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2288
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 136)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 75%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 41.43, -49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 64.82, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.0681 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.158 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8388, 4.3773, 23.7197)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2288 #608822

analogous

#222D88 #4A2288 #7D2288

triadic

#4A2288 #884A22 #22884A

tetradic

#4A2288 #88222D #608822 #22887D

square

#4A2288 #88222D #608822 #22887D

split-complementary

#4A2288 #887D22 #2D8822

monochromatic

#150A26 #2F1657 #4A2288 #652EB9 #8451D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4A2288 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4A2288 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2288

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2288	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2288	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2288;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.158 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ac',
    500: '#4a2288',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2288;
$custom-light: #8361ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2288",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.529,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37094,
    "c": 0.15814,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2288

secondary

#8EB74F

accent

#E345A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2288

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

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