#4A2289#4A2289

#4A2289 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.159 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2289
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 137)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 75.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.97, 41.70, -50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.97, 65.37, 309.64°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0678 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.159 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9102, 4.4058, 24.0957)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2289 #618922

analogous

#222D89 #4A2289 #7D2289

triadic

#4A2289 #894A22 #22894A

tetradic

#4A2289 #89222D #618922 #22897D

square

#4A2289 #89222D #618922 #22897D

split-complementary

#4A2289 #897D22 #2D8922

monochromatic

#150A27 #301658 #4A2289 #642EBA #8451D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#4A2289 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4A2289 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2289

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2289	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2289	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2289;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.159 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ac',
    500: '#4a2289',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2289;
$custom-light: #8361ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2289",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.301,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37184,
    "c": 0.15932,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2289

secondary

#8FB84F

accent

#E344A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2289

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

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