#4A2587#4A2587

#4A2587 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.153 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2587
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 135)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 72.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 39.60, -48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 62.59, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.0653 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.153 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8576, 4.5281, 23.3770)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2587 #628725

analogous

#253187 #4A2587 #7B2587

triadic

#4A2587 #874A25 #25874A

tetradic

#4A2587 #872531 #628725 #25877B

square

#4A2587 #872531 #628725 #25877B

split-complementary

#4A2587 #877B25 #318725

monochromatic

#150B27 #301857 #4A2587 #6432B7 #8456D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#4A2587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4A2587 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2587

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2587	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.153 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8263ab',
    500: '#4a2587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2587;
$custom-light: #8263ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.653,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37396,
    "c": 0.1533,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2587

secondary

#90B553

accent

#E048A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2587

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

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