#4A2295#4A2295

#4A2295 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.173 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2295
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 149)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 77.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.07, 45.04, -55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.07, 71.84, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.29% 0.0647 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(38.29% 0.173 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8194, 4.7695, 28.8839)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2295 #6D9522

analogous

#223395 #4A2295 #832295

triadic

#4A2295 #954A22 #22954A

tetradic

#4A2295 #952233 #6D9522 #229583

square

#4A2295 #952233 #6D9522 #229583

split-complementary

#4A2295 #958322 #339522

monochromatic

#190B31 #311763 #4A2295 #632DC7 #8558D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#4A2295 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4A2295 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2295

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2295	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2295	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31425A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2295;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.173 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b5',
    500: '#4a2295',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2295;
$custom-light: #8562b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2295",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38293,
    "c": 0.17324,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2295

secondary

#99BD56

accent

#E642AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2295

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

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