#4A2383#4A2383

#4A2383 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.151 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2383
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 131)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 73.3%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.63, 39.53, -47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.63, 61.52, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0682 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.151 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5207, 4.2965, 21.9014)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2383 #5C8323

analogous

#232C83 #4A2383 #7A2383

triadic

#4A2383 #834A23 #23834A

tetradic

#4A2383 #83232C #5C8323 #23837A

square

#4A2383 #83232C #5C8323 #23837A

split-complementary

#4A2383 #837A23 #2C8323

monochromatic

#130922 #2F1653 #4A2383 #6530B3 #8450D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#4A2383 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4A2383 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2383

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2383	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2383	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2383;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.151 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a8',
    500: '#4a2383',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2383;
$custom-light: #8261a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2383",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 57.831,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36779,
    "c": 0.15102,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2383

secondary

#8AB44E

accent

#E147A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2383

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

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