#4A239D#4A239D

#4A239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.181 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A239D
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 46.79, -59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 75.58, 308.25°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0616 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.181 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.5091, 5.0918, 32.3735)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A239D #769D23

analogous

#23399D #4A239D #87239D

triadic

#4A239D #9D4A23 #239D4A

tetradic

#4A239D #9D2339 #769D23 #239D87

square

#4A239D #9D2339 #769D23 #239D87

split-complementary

#4A239D #9D8723 #399D23

monochromatic

#1B0D39 #32186B #4A239D #622ECF #875FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#4A239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4A239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A239D

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A239D	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.181 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663bb',
    500: '#4a239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a239d;
$custom-light: #8663bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.18,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39174,
    "c": 0.18141,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A239D

secondary

#A0C05C

accent

#E741B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A239D

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

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