#4A2291#4A2291

#4A2291 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.169 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2291
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 145)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 76.6%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.70, 43.92, -54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.70, 69.70, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.0658 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.169 293)
XYZ	xyz(8.5055, 4.6439, 27.2308)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2291 #699122

analogous

#223191 #4A2291 #822291

triadic

#4A2291 #914A22 #22914A

tetradic

#4A2291 #912231 #699122 #229182

square

#4A2291 #912231 #699122 #229182

split-complementary

#4A2291 #918222 #319122

monochromatic

#170B2E #31165F #4A2291 #632EC3 #8556D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#4A2291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4A2291 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2291

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2291	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.169 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462b2',
    500: '#4a2291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2291;
$custom-light: #8462b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.622,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37918,
    "c": 0.16862,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.04644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2291

secondary

#96BB53

accent

#E543AB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2291

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

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