#4A248A#4A248A

#4A248A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.158 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A248A
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 73.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.42, 40.96, -50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.42, 64.81, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0657 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.158 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0411, 4.5524, 24.4949)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.11

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A248A #648A24

analogous

#24318A #4A248A #7D248A

triadic

#4A248A #8A4A24 #248A4A

tetradic

#4A248A #8A2431 #648A24 #248A7D

square

#4A248A #8A2431 #648A24 #248A7D

split-complementary

#4A248A #8A7D24 #318A24

monochromatic

#160B29 #301759 #4A248A #6431BB #8456D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#4A248A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4A248A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A248A

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A248A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A248A	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a248a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.158 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362ad',
    500: '#4a248a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a248a;
$custom-light: #8362ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a248a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37529,
    "c": 0.15812,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A248A

secondary

#92B753

accent

#E246A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A248A

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

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