#4A2387#4A2387

#4A2387 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.156 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2387
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 135)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 74.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.97, 40.64, -49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.97, 63.72, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0673 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.156 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7971, 4.4070, 23.3568)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2387 #608723

analogous

#232E87 #4A2387 #7C2387

triadic

#4A2387 #874A23 #23874A

tetradic

#4A2387 #87232E #608723 #23877C

square

#4A2387 #87232E #608723 #23877C

split-complementary

#4A2387 #877C23 #2E8723

monochromatic

#150A26 #2F1656 #4A2387 #6530B8 #8452D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#4A2387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4A2387 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2387

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2387	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.156 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362ab',
    500: '#4a2387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2387;
$custom-light: #8362ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.4,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37132,
    "c": 0.15576,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2387

secondary

#8EB650

accent

#E246A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2387

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

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