#4A236E#4A236E

#4A236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.126 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A236E
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.94, 33.84, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.94, 49.77, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.04% 0.0713 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(35.04% 0.126 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2389, 3.7837, 15.1505)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A236E #476E23

analogous

#24236E #4A236E #6E236C

triadic

#4A236E #6E4A23 #236E4A

tetradic

#4A236E #6E2423 #476E23 #236C6E

square

#4A236E #6E2423 #476E23 #236C6E

split-complementary

#4A236E #6C6E23 #236E24

monochromatic

#100717 #2B1440 #4A236E #69329C #8847C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#4A236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4A236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A236E

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A236E	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D376C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.126 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806198',
    500: '#4a236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a236e;
$custom-light: #806198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35044,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A236E

secondary

#75A14C

accent

#DB4D91

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A236E

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

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