#4A3166#4A3166

#4A3166 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.092 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3166
RGB	rgb(74, 49, 102)
HSL	hsl(268, 35%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 52%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 52%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.60, 23.26, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.60, 35.69, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.82% 0.0513 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(36.82% 0.092 304)
XYZ	xyz(6.3201, 4.6118, 13.1250)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3166 #4D6631

analogous

#313366 #4A3166 #653166

triadic

#4A3166 #664A31 #31664A

tetradic

#4A3166 #663133 #4D6631 #316665

square

#4A3166 #663133 #4D6631 #316665

split-complementary

#4A3166 #666531 #336631

monochromatic

#0F0A15 #2C1D3D #4A3166 #68458F #865FB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#4A3166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4A3166 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3166

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3166	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#213C68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283D65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 49, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.092 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6a92',
    500: '#4a3166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3166;
$custom-light: #7e6a92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.302,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3682,
    "c": 0.09163,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.04612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3166

secondary

#7B975C

accent

#CB5D97

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3166

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

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