#4A2489#4A2489

#4A2489 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.157 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2489
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 137)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 73.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 40.69, -49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 64.26, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.0659 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.157 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9691, 4.5235, 24.1153)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2489 #638924

analogous

#243189 #4A2489 #7D2489

triadic

#4A2489 #894A24 #24894A

tetradic

#4A2489 #892431 #638924 #24897D

square

#4A2489 #892431 #638924 #24897D

split-complementary

#4A2489 #897D24 #318924

monochromatic

#160B28 #301759 #4A2489 #6431B9 #8455D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#4A2489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4A2489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2489

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2489	1.00	11.02	1.90	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.157 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362ac',
    500: '#4a2489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2489;
$custom-light: #8362ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.574,
    "s": 58.382,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3744,
    "c": 0.15693,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2489

secondary

#91B752

accent

#E246A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2489

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

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