#4A209C#4A209C

#4A209C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.183 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A209C
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 156)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 79.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.42, 47.90, -59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.42, 76.54, 308.74°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0642 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.183 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3396, 4.8888, 31.8976)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A209C #729C20

analogous

#20349C #4A209C #88209C

triadic

#4A209C #9C4A20 #209C4A

tetradic

#4A209C #9C2034 #729C20 #209C88

square

#4A209C #9C2034 #729C20 #209C88

split-complementary

#4A209C #9C8820 #349C20

monochromatic

#1A0B36 #321669 #4A209C #622ACF #8659DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#4A209C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4A209C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A209C

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A209C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A209C	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a209c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.183 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661ba',
    500: '#4a209c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a209c;
$custom-light: #8661ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a209c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.323,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38741,
    "c": 0.1832,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A209C

secondary

#9DC157

accent

#E93FAF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A209C

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

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