#4A248B#4A248B

#4A248B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.159 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A248B
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 74.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 41.25, -50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 65.36, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.0654 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.159 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1138, 4.5814, 24.8779)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.22

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A248B #658B24

analogous

#24328B #4A248B #7E248B

triadic

#4A248B #8B4A24 #248B4A

tetradic

#4A248B #8B2432 #658B24 #248B7E

square

#4A248B #8B2432 #658B24 #248B7E

split-complementary

#4A248B #8B7E24 #328B24

monochromatic

#160B2A #30175A #4A248B #6431BC #8456D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#4A248B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4A248B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A248B

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A248B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A248B	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a248b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.159 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362ae',
    500: '#4a248b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a248b;
$custom-light: #8362ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a248b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.136,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37619,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A248B

secondary

#93B753

accent

#E246A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A248B

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

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