#4A238A#4A238A

#4A238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.159 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A238A
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.24, 41.48, -50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.24, 65.37, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.0666 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.159 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0113, 4.4927, 24.4849)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A238A #638A23

analogous

#23308A #4A238A #7E238A

triadic

#4A238A #8A4A23 #238A4A

tetradic

#4A238A #8A2330 #638A23 #238A7E

square

#4A238A #8A2330 #638A23 #238A7E

split-complementary

#4A238A #8A7E23 #308A23

monochromatic

#160A28 #301759 #4A238A #642FBB #8454D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#4A238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4A238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A238A

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A238A	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.159 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362ad',
    500: '#4a238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a238a;
$custom-light: #8362ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.718,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.374,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A238A

secondary

#91B751

accent

#E345A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A238A

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

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