#4A239F#4A239F

#4A239F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.184 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A239F
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 159)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 78%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.19, 47.35, -60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.19, 76.64, 308.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.37% 0.061 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(39.37% 0.184 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6813, 5.1607, 33.2802)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A239F #789F23

analogous

#233A9F #4A239F #88239F

triadic

#4A239F #9F4A23 #239F4A

tetradic

#4A239F #9F233A #789F23 #239F88

square

#4A239F #9F233A #789F23 #239F88

split-complementary

#4A239F #9F8823 #3A9F23

monochromatic

#1B0D3B #33186D #4A239F #612ED1 #8760DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#4A239F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4A239F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A239F

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A239F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A239F	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a239f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.184 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663bc',
    500: '#4a239f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a239f;
$custom-light: #8663bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a239f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.871,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39368,
    "c": 0.18369,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A239F

secondary

#A2C15D

accent

#E741B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A239F

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

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