#4A239A#4A239A

#4A239A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.178 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A239A
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 154)
HSL	hsl(260, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 77.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.71, 45.95, -58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.71, 73.99, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.0625 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.178 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2561, 4.9906, 31.0412)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A239A #739A23

analogous

#23379A #4A239A #86239A

triadic

#4A239A #9A4A23 #239A4A

tetradic

#4A239A #9A2337 #739A23 #239A86

square

#4A239A #9A2337 #739A23 #239A86

split-complementary

#4A239A #9A8623 #379A23

monochromatic

#1A0C36 #321868 #4A239A #622ECC #865DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#4A239A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4A239A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A239A

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A239A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A239A	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a239a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.178 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b9',
    500: '#4a239a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a239a;
$custom-light: #8563b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a239a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.664,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38886,
    "c": 0.17796,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A239A

secondary

#9EBF5A

accent

#E642B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A239A

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

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