#4A229B#4A229B

#4A229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.180 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A229B
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.64, 46.71, -58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.64, 75.03, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% 0.063 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.18 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3108, 4.9661, 31.4719)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A229B #739B22

analogous

#22369B #4A229B #87229B

triadic

#4A229B #9B4A22 #229B4A

tetradic

#4A229B #9B2236 #739B22 #229B87

square

#4A229B #9B2236 #739B22 #229B87

split-complementary

#4A229B #9B8722 #369B22

monochromatic

#1A0C37 #321769 #4A229B #622DCD #865CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#4A229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4A229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A229B

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A229B	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.180 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662ba',
    500: '#4a229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a229b;
$custom-light: #8662ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.835,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38866,
    "c": 0.18012,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A229B

secondary

#9EC059

accent

#E741B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A229B

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

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