#4A237A#4A237A

#4A237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.140 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A237A
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, 37.06, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 56.52, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.01% 0.0698 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(36.01% 0.14 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9371, 4.0630, 18.8273)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A237A #537A23

analogous

#23277A #4A237A #75237A

triadic

#4A237A #7A4A23 #237A4A

tetradic

#4A237A #7A2327 #537A23 #237A75

square

#4A237A #7A2327 #537A23 #237A75

split-complementary

#4A237A #7A7523 #277A23

monochromatic

#10081B #2D154A #4A237A #6731AA #854CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#4A237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4A237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A237A

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A237A	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.140 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161a1',
    500: '#4a237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a237a;
$custom-light: #8161a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36011,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A237A

secondary

#81AD4C

accent

#DF499C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A237A

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

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