#4A2089#4A2089

#4A2089 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.162 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2089
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 76.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 42.69, -50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 66.43, 309.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% 0.0697 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.162 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8547, 4.2948, 24.0772)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2089 #5F8920

analogous

#202A89 #4A2089 #7E2089

triadic

#4A2089 #894A20 #20894A

tetradic

#4A2089 #89202A #5F8920 #20897E

square

#4A2089 #89202A #5F8920 #20897E

split-complementary

#4A2089 #897E20 #2A8920

monochromatic

#140926 #2F1457 #4A2089 #652CBB #844ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#4A2089 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4A2089 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2089

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2089	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2089	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2089;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.162 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360ac',
    500: '#4a2089',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2089;
$custom-light: #8360ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2089",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 62.13,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36939,
    "c": 0.1616,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2089

secondary

#8DB94C

accent

#E543A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2089

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

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