#4A2487#4A2487

#4A2487 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.155 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2487
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 135)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 73.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 40.13, -48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 63.16, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.26% 0.0663 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(37.26% 0.155 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8269, 4.4667, 23.3667)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2487 #618724

analogous

#242F87 #4A2487 #7B2487

triadic

#4A2487 #874A24 #24874A

tetradic

#4A2487 #87242F #618724 #24877B

square

#4A2487 #87242F #618724 #24877B

split-complementary

#4A2487 #877B24 #2F8724

monochromatic

#150A26 #301757 #4A2487 #6431B7 #8454D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#4A2487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4A2487 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2487

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2487	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.155 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362ab',
    500: '#4a2487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2487;
$custom-light: #8362ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.03,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37262,
    "c": 0.15455,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2487

secondary

#8FB551

accent

#E147A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2487

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

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