#4A209E#4A209E

#4A209E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.185 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A209E
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 79.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 48.45, -60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 77.59, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(38.94% 0.0636 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(38.94% 0.185 290)
XYZ	xyz(9.5103, 4.9571, 32.7968)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A209E #749E20

analogous

#20359E #4A209E #89209E

triadic

#4A209E #9E4A20 #209E4A

tetradic

#4A209E #9E2035 #749E20 #209E89

square

#4A209E #9E2035 #749E20 #209E89

split-complementary

#4A209E #9E8920 #359E20

monochromatic

#1A0B38 #32166B #4A209E #622AD1 #865BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#4A209E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4A209E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A209E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A209E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A209E	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a209e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.185 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661bc',
    500: '#4a209e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a209e;
$custom-light: #8661bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a209e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38937,
    "c": 0.18545,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.04957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A209E

secondary

#9FC258

accent

#E93FB0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A209E

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

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