#4A238C#4A238C

#4A238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.162 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A238C
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.42, 42.04, -51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.42, 66.46, 309.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37.58% 0.0662 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(37.58% 0.162 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1574, 4.5511, 25.2545)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A238C #658C23

analogous

#23308C #4A238C #7F238C

triadic

#4A238C #8C4A23 #238C4A

tetradic

#4A238C #8C2330 #658C23 #238C7F

square

#4A238C #8C2330 #658C23 #238C7F

split-complementary

#4A238C #8C7F23 #308C23

monochromatic

#160B2A #30175B #4A238C #642FBD #8455D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#4A238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4A238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A238C

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A238C	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.162 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362af',
    500: '#4a238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a238c;
$custom-light: #8362af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37581,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A238C

secondary

#93B852

accent

#E345A8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A238C

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

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