#4A2397#4A2397

#4A2397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.174 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2397
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 151)
HSL	hsl(260, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 76.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.42, 45.11, -56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.42, 72.40, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0633 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.174 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0094, 4.8919, 29.7417)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2397 #709723

analogous

#233697 #4A2397 #842397

triadic

#4A2397 #974A23 #23974A

tetradic

#4A2397 #972336 #709723 #239784

square

#4A2397 #972336 #709723 #239784

split-complementary

#4A2397 #978423 #369723

monochromatic

#190C34 #321765 #4A2397 #622FC9 #865BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#4A2397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4A2397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2397

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2397	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.174 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b7',
    500: '#4a2397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2397;
$custom-light: #8562b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.172,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38601,
    "c": 0.17449,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2397

secondary

#9CBE58

accent

#E542AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2397

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

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