#4A2296#4A2296

#4A2296 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.174 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2296
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 150)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 77.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 45.31, -56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 72.38, 308.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.39% 0.0644 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(38.39% 0.174 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8995, 4.8016, 29.3061)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2296 #6E9622

analogous

#223496 #4A2296 #842296

triadic

#4A2296 #964A22 #22964A

tetradic

#4A2296 #962234 #6E9622 #229684

square

#4A2296 #962234 #6E9622 #229684

split-complementary

#4A2296 #968422 #349622

monochromatic

#190B32 #311764 #4A2296 #632DC8 #8559D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4A2296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4A2296 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2296

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2296	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.174 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b6',
    500: '#4a2296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2296;
$custom-light: #8562b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38388,
    "c": 0.17439,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2296

secondary

#9ABE56

accent

#E642AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2296

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

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