#4A229A#4A229A

#4A229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.179 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A229A
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.54, 46.43, -58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.54, 74.50, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% 0.0633 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.179 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2271, 4.9326, 31.0315)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A229A #729A22

analogous

#22369A #4A229A #86229A

triadic

#4A229A #9A4A22 #229A4A

tetradic

#4A229A #9A2236 #729A22 #229A86

square

#4A229A #9A2236 #729A22 #229A86

split-complementary

#4A229A #9A8622 #369A22

monochromatic

#1A0C36 #321768 #4A229A #622DCC #865BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#4A229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4A229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A229A

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A229A	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.179 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b9',
    500: '#4a229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a229a;
$custom-light: #8562b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3877,
    "c": 0.17898,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A229A

secondary

#9DBF58

accent

#E741B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A229A

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

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