#4A239C#4A239C

#4A239C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.180 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A239C
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.90, 46.51, -58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.90, 75.06, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.0619 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.18 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4241, 5.0578, 31.9257)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A239C #759C23

analogous

#23389C #4A239C #87239C

triadic

#4A239C #9C4A23 #239C4A

tetradic

#4A239C #9C2338 #759C23 #239C87

square

#4A239C #9C2338 #759C23 #239C87

split-complementary

#4A239C #9C8723 #389C23

monochromatic

#1B0D38 #32186A #4A239C #622ECE #875EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#4A239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4A239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A239C

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A239C	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.180 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663ba',
    500: '#4a239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a239c;
$custom-light: #8663ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.339,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39078,
    "c": 0.18026,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A239C

secondary

#9FC05B

accent

#E641B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A239C

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

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