#4A20AE#4A20AE

#4A20AE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.203 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A20AE
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 174)
HSL	hsl(258, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 81.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.23, 52.85, -67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.23, 85.81, 308.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.0583 -0.1947)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.203 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9782, 5.5442, 40.5279)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A20AE #84AE20

analogous

#203DAE #4A20AE #9120AE

triadic

#4A20AE #AE4A20 #20AE4A

tetradic

#4A20AE #AE203D #84AE20 #20AE91

square

#4A20AE #AE203D #84AE20 #20AE91

split-complementary

#4A20AE #AE9120 #3DAE20

monochromatic

#1E0D47 #34167A #4A20AE #6332D9 #8B66E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#4A20AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4A20AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A20AE

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A20AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A20AE	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#184B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a20ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.203 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962c7',
    500: '#4a20ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a20ae;
$custom-light: #8962c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a20ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.746,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40545,
    "c": 0.20322,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A20AE

secondary

#AAC862

accent

#EC3CB8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A20AE

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

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