#4A2099#4A2099

#4A2099 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.180 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2099
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 79.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.12, 47.08, -58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.12, 74.97, 308.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0651 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.18 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0887, 4.7884, 30.5762)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2099 #6F9920

analogous

#203399 #4A2099 #872099

triadic

#4A2099 #994A20 #20994A

tetradic

#4A2099 #992033 #6F9920 #209987

square

#4A2099 #992033 #6F9920 #209987

split-complementary

#4A2099 #998720 #339920

monochromatic

#190B34 #321566 #4A2099 #622BCC #8557DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#4A2099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4A2099 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2099

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2099	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)

#00409C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.180 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561b8',
    500: '#4a2099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2099;
$custom-light: #8561b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.826,
    "s": 65.405,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38449,
    "c": 0.17982,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2099

secondary

#9BC055

accent

#E83FAE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2099

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

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