#4A268A#4A268A

#4A268A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.156 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A268A
RGB	rgb(74, 38, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 72.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.79, 39.92, -49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.79, 63.68, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0637 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.156 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1033, 4.6768, 24.5156)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.45

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A268A #668A26

analogous

#26348A #4A268A #7C268A

triadic

#4A268A #8A4A26 #268A4A

tetradic

#4A268A #8A2634 #668A26 #268A7C

square

#4A268A #8A2634 #668A26 #268A7C

split-complementary

#4A268A #8A7C26 #348A26

monochromatic

#170C2A #30195A #4A268A #6433BA #8459D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#4A268A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4A268A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A268A

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A268A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A268A	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a268a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 38, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.156 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363ad',
    500: '#4a268a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a268a;
$custom-light: #8363ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a268a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37795,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A268A

secondary

#93B656

accent

#E048A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A268A

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

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