#4A2385#4A2385

#4A2385 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.153 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2385
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 133)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 73.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 40.09, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 62.62, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.0678 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.153 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6576, 4.3512, 22.6222)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2385 #5E8523

analogous

#232D85 #4A2385 #7B2385

triadic

#4A2385 #854A23 #23854A

tetradic

#4A2385 #85232D #5E8523 #23857B

square

#4A2385 #85232D #5E8523 #23857B

split-complementary

#4A2385 #857B23 #2D8523

monochromatic

#140924 #2F1655 #4A2385 #6530B5 #8451D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#4A2385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4A2385 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2385

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2385	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.153 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262a9',
    500: '#4a2385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2385;
$custom-light: #8262a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.878,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36955,
    "c": 0.1534,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2385

secondary

#8CB54F

accent

#E246A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2385

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

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