#4A2389#4A2389

#4A2389 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.158 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2389
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 137)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 74.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.15, 41.20, -50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.15, 64.82, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.0669 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.158 295)
XYZ	xyz(7.9392, 4.4638, 24.1054)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2389 #628923

analogous

#232F89 #4A2389 #7D2389

triadic

#4A2389 #894A23 #23894A

tetradic

#4A2389 #89232F #628923 #23897D

square

#4A2389 #89232F #628923 #23897D

split-complementary

#4A2389 #897D23 #2F8923

monochromatic

#150A28 #301758 #4A2389 #642FBA #8453D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#4A2389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4A2389 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2389

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2389	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.158 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362ac',
    500: '#4a2389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2389;
$custom-light: #8362ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3731,
    "c": 0.15813,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2389

secondary

#90B751

accent

#E245A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2389

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

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