#4A238B#4A238B

#4A238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.160 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A238B
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 41.76, -51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 65.91, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0664 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.16 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0840, 4.5218, 24.8679)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A238B #648B23

analogous

#23308B #4A238B #7E238B

triadic

#4A238B #8B4A23 #238B4A

tetradic

#4A238B #8B2330 #648B23 #238B7E

square

#4A238B #8B2330 #648B23 #238B7E

split-complementary

#4A238B #8B7E23 #308B23

monochromatic

#160A29 #30175A #4A238B #642FBC #8454D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#4A238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4A238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A238B

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A238B	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.160 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362ae',
    500: '#4a238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a238b;
$custom-light: #8362ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37491,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A238B

secondary

#92B852

accent

#E345A8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A238B

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

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