#4A229E#4A229E

#4A229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.184 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A229E
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.93, 47.54, -60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.93, 76.61, 308.36°)
OKLab	oklab(39.16% 0.0621 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(39.16% 0.184 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5658, 5.0681, 32.8153)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A229E #769E22

analogous

#22389E #4A229E #88229E

triadic

#4A229E #9E4A22 #229E4A

tetradic

#4A229E #9E2238 #769E22 #229E88

square

#4A229E #9E2238 #769E22 #229E88

split-complementary

#4A229E #9E8822 #389E22

monochromatic

#1B0C39 #32176C #4A229E #622DD0 #875EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#4A229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4A229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A229E

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A229E	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.184 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662bc',
    500: '#4a229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a229e;
$custom-light: #8662bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39157,
    "c": 0.18354,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A229E

secondary

#A0C15B

accent

#E840B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A229E

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

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