#4A2585#4A2585

#4A2585 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.151 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2585
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 133)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 72.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 39.04, -47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 61.48, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.22% 0.0657 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(37.22% 0.151 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7181, 4.4723, 22.6423)
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

#4A2585 #608525

analogous

#253085 #4A2585 #7A2585

triadic

#4A2585 #854A25 #25854A

tetradic

#4A2585 #852530 #608525 #25857A

square

#4A2585 #852530 #608525 #25857A

split-complementary

#4A2585 #857A25 #308525

monochromatic

#150A25 #2F1855 #4A2585 #6532B5 #8455D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#4A2585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4A2585 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2585

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2585	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)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.151 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8263a9',
    500: '#4a2585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2585;
$custom-light: #8263a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.125,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37221,
    "c": 0.15089,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2585

secondary

#8EB452

accent

#E048A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2585

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

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