#4A2485#4A2485

#4A2485 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.152 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2485
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 133)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 72.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 39.57, -47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 62.06, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.0667 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.152 296)
XYZ	xyz(7.6874, 4.4109, 22.6321)
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

#4A2485 #5F8524

analogous

#242F85 #4A2485 #7A2485

triadic

#4A2485 #854A24 #24854A

tetradic

#4A2485 #85242F #5F8524 #24857A

square

#4A2485 #85242F #5F8524 #24857A

split-complementary

#4A2485 #857A24 #2F8524

monochromatic

#140A25 #2F1755 #4A2485 #6531B5 #8453D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#4A2485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4A2485 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2485

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2485	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)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.152 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262a9',
    500: '#4a2485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2485;
$custom-light: #8262a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.505,
    "s": 57.396,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37087,
    "c": 0.15215,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2485

secondary

#8DB450

accent

#E147A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2485

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

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