#4A238E#4A238E

#4A238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.164 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A238E
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.60, 42.59, -52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.60, 67.55, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.76% 0.0657 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(37.76% 0.164 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3062, 4.6106, 26.0382)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A238E #678E23

analogous

#23328E #4A238E #80238E

triadic

#4A238E #8E4A23 #238E4A

tetradic

#4A238E #8E2332 #678E23 #238E80

square

#4A238E #8E2332 #678E23 #238E80

split-complementary

#4A238E #8E8023 #328E23

monochromatic

#170B2C #30175D #4A238E #642FBF #8456D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#4A238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4A238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A238E

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A238E	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.164 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462b0',
    500: '#4a238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a238e;
$custom-light: #8462b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.869,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37764,
    "c": 0.16401,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A238E

secondary

#94B953

accent

#E444A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A238E

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

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