#4A2380#4A2380

#4A2380 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.147 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2380
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 128)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 72.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 38.71, -45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 59.86, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(36.52% 0.0688 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(36.52% 0.147 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3204, 4.2163, 20.8460)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2380 #598023

analogous

#232B80 #4A2380 #792380

triadic

#4A2380 #804A23 #23804A

tetradic

#4A2380 #80232B #598023 #238079

square

#4A2380 #80232B #598023 #238079

split-complementary

#4A2380 #807923 #2B8023

monochromatic

#120920 #2E1650 #4A2380 #6630B0 #844FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#4A2380 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4A2380 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2380

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2380	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2380	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2380;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.147 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a6',
    500: '#4a2380',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2380;
$custom-light: #8261a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2380",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 57.055,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36519,
    "c": 0.14744,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2380

secondary

#88B24D

accent

#E047A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2380

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

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