#4A209B#4A209B

#4A209B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.182 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A209B
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, 47.63, -59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 76.02, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.64% 0.0645 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(38.64% 0.182 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2552, 4.8550, 31.4534)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A209B #719B20

analogous

#20349B #4A209B #88209B

triadic

#4A209B #9B4A20 #209B4A

tetradic

#4A209B #9B2034 #719B20 #209B88

square

#4A209B #9B2034 #719B20 #209B88

split-complementary

#4A209B #9B8820 #349B20

monochromatic

#1A0B36 #321668 #4A209B #622ACE #8659DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#4A209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4A209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A209B

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A209B	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.182 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661ba',
    500: '#4a209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a209b;
$custom-light: #8661ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.488,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38643,
    "c": 0.18207,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A209B

secondary

#9CC156

accent

#E93FAF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A209B

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

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