#4A2297#4A2297

#4A2297 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.176 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2297
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 77.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.26, 45.59, -56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.26, 72.91, 308.71°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0641 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.176 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9804, 4.8339, 29.7320)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2297 #6F9722

analogous

#223597 #4A2297 #852297

triadic

#4A2297 #974A22 #22974A

tetradic

#4A2297 #972235 #6F9722 #229785

square

#4A2297 #972235 #6F9722 #229785

split-complementary

#4A2297 #978522 #359722

monochromatic

#190C33 #321765 #4A2297 #622DC9 #855ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4A2297 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4A2297 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2297

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2297	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2297	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2297;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.176 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b7',
    500: '#4a2297',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2297;
$custom-light: #8562b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2297",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.513,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38483,
    "c": 0.17553,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2297

secondary

#9BBE57

accent

#E642AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2297

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

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