#4A287F#4A287F

#4A287F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.140 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A287F
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 127)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 68.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.28, 35.70, -43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.28, 56.32, 309.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0634 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.14 297)
XYZ	xyz(7.4126, 4.5056, 20.5537)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A287F #5D7F28

analogous

#28327F #4A287F #75287F

triadic

#4A287F #7F4A28 #287F4A

tetradic

#4A287F #7F2832 #5D7F28 #287F75

square

#4A287F #7F2832 #5D7F28 #287F75

split-complementary

#4A287F #7F7528 #327F28

monochromatic

#140B22 #2F1950 #4A287F #6537AE #8457CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#4A287F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4A287F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A287F

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A287F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A287F	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a287f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.140 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8164a5',
    500: '#4a287f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a287f;
$custom-light: #8164a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a287f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.448,
    "s": 52.096,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3714,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.04506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A287F

secondary

#8BAF54

accent

#DC4CA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A287F

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

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