#4A239E#4A239E

#4A239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.183 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A239E
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.09, 47.07, -59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.09, 76.11, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39.27% 0.0613 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(39.27% 0.183 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5948, 5.1261, 32.8250)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A239E #779E23

analogous

#233A9E #4A239E #87239E

triadic

#4A239E #9E4A23 #239E4A

tetradic

#4A239E #9E233A #779E23 #239E87

square

#4A239E #9E233A #779E23 #239E87

split-complementary

#4A239E #9E8723 #3A9E23

monochromatic

#1B0D3A #33186C #4A239E #612ED0 #8760DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#4A239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4A239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A239E

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A239E	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.183 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663bc',
    500: '#4a239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a239e;
$custom-light: #8663bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.024,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39271,
    "c": 0.18255,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A239E

secondary

#A1C15C

accent

#E741B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A239E

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