#4A2483#4A2483

#4A2483 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.150 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2483
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 131)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 39.01, -46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 60.95, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.91% 0.0671 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(36.91% 0.15 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5506, 4.3561, 21.9113)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2483 #5D8324

analogous

#242E83 #4A2483 #792483

triadic

#4A2483 #834A24 #24834A

tetradic

#4A2483 #83242E #5D8324 #248379

square

#4A2483 #83242E #5D8324 #248379

split-complementary

#4A2483 #837924 #2E8324

monochromatic

#140A23 #2F1753 #4A2483 #6531B3 #8452CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#4A2483 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4A2483 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2483

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2483	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2483	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2483;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.150 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262a8',
    500: '#4a2483',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2483;
$custom-light: #8262a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2483",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 56.886,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36913,
    "c": 0.14976,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2483

secondary

#8BB34F

accent

#E048A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2483

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

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