#4A2299#4A2299

#4A2299 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.178 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2299
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 153)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 77.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 46.15, -57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 73.97, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.0636 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.178 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1442, 4.8994, 30.5947)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2299 #719922

analogous

#223699 #4A2299 #862299

triadic

#4A2299 #994A22 #22994A

tetradic

#4A2299 #992236 #719922 #229986

square

#4A2299 #992236 #719922 #229986

split-complementary

#4A2299 #998622 #369922

monochromatic

#1A0C35 #321767 #4A2299 #622DCB #865BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#4A2299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4A2299 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2299

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2299	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.178 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b8',
    500: '#4a2299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2299;
$custom-light: #8562b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.168,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38674,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2299

secondary

#9CBF58

accent

#E741AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2299

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

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