#4A239B#4A239B

#4A239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.179 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A239B
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(260, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.80, 46.23, -58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.80, 74.52, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(38.98% 0.0622 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(38.98% 0.179 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3398, 5.0241, 31.4816)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A239B #749B23

analogous

#23389B #4A239B #86239B

triadic

#4A239B #9B4A23 #239B4A

tetradic

#4A239B #9B2338 #749B23 #239B86

square

#4A239B #9B2338 #749B23 #239B86

split-complementary

#4A239B #9B8623 #389B23

monochromatic

#1A0C37 #321869 #4A239B #622ECD #865EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#4A239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4A239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A239B

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A239B	1.00	10.47	2.00	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.179 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ba',
    500: '#4a239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a239b;
$custom-light: #8563ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38982,
    "c": 0.1791,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A239B

secondary

#9FBF5A

accent

#E642B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A239B

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

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