#4A2090#4A2090

#4A2090 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.170 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2090
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 144)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 77.8%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 44.60, -54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 70.20, 309.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.59% 0.0678 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(37.59% 0.17 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3732, 4.5022, 26.8080)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.23

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2090 #669020

analogous

#202E90 #4A2090 #822090

triadic

#4A2090 #904A20 #20904A

tetradic

#4A2090 #90202E #669020 #209082

square

#4A2090 #90202E #669020 #209082

split-complementary

#4A2090 #908220 #2E9020

monochromatic

#170A2C #30155E #4A2090 #642BC2 #8452D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#4A2090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4A2090 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2090

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2090	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)

#003D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.170 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460b1',
    500: '#4a2090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2090;
$custom-light: #8460b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37589,
    "c": 0.16962,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2090

secondary

#93BC50

accent

#E741A9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2090

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

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