#4A248C#4A248C

#4A248C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.160 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A248C
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 140)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 74.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.60, 41.53, -51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.60, 65.91, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.0652 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.16 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.1872, 4.6108, 25.2645)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A248C #668C24

analogous

#24328C #4A248C #7E248C

triadic

#4A248C #8C4A24 #248C4A

tetradic

#4A248C #8C2432 #668C24 #248C7E

square

#4A248C #8C2432 #668C24 #248C7E

split-complementary

#4A248C #8C7E24 #328C24

monochromatic

#170B2B #30175B #4A248C #6431BD #8457D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#4A248C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4A248C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A248C

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A248C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A248C	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a248c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.160 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362ae',
    500: '#4a248c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a248c;
$custom-light: #8362ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a248c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.923,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37709,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.04611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A248C

secondary

#93B854

accent

#E246A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A248C

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

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