#4A236A#4A236A

#4A236A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.121 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A236A
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(273, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.65, 32.78, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.65, 47.50, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0717 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.121 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0260, 3.6986, 14.0293)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A236A #436A23

analogous

#26236A #4A236A #6A2366

triadic

#4A236A #6A4A23 #236A4A

tetradic

#4A236A #6A2623 #436A23 #23666A

square

#4A236A #6A2623 #436A23 #23666A

split-complementary

#4A236A #666A23 #236A26

monochromatic

#100817 #2A143C #4A236A #6A3298 #8A46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#4A236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4A236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A236A

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A236A	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.121 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6095',
    500: '#4a236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a236a;
$custom-light: #7f6095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.958,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34738,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A236A

secondary

#709D4B

accent

#DA4E8D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A236A

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

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