#4A2097#4A2097

#4A2097 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.178 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2097
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 78.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 46.53, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 73.91, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.0657 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.178 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9249, 4.7229, 29.7135)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2097 #6D9720

analogous

#203297 #4A2097 #852097

triadic

#4A2097 #974A20 #20974A

tetradic

#4A2097 #972032 #6D9720 #209785

square

#4A2097 #972032 #6D9720 #209785

split-complementary

#4A2097 #978520 #329720

monochromatic

#190B32 #311564 #4A2097 #632BC9 #8556DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#4A2097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4A2097 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2097

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2097	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.178 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561b7',
    500: '#4a2097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2097;
$custom-light: #8561b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38255,
    "c": 0.17756,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2097

secondary

#99BF54

accent

#E840AD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2097

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

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