#4A3072#4A3072

#4A3072 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.110 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3072
RGB	rgb(74, 48, 114)
HSL	hsl(264, 41%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 58%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 57.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 27.24, -33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 43.54, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.0537 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.11 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9175, 4.7846, 16.4754)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3072 #587230

analogous

#303772 #4A3072 #6B3072

triadic

#4A3072 #724A30 #30724A

tetradic

#4A3072 #723037 #587230 #30726B

square

#4A3072 #723037 #587230 #30726B

split-complementary

#4A3072 #726B30 #377230

monochromatic

#120C1C #2E1E47 #4A3072 #66429D #8460BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#4A3072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4A3072 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3072

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3072	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 48, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.110 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f699b',
    500: '#4a3072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3072;
$custom-light: #7f699b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.636,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37446,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3072

secondary

#87A35B

accent

#D157A1

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3072

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

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