#4A248D#4A248D

#4A248D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.162 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A248D
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.68, 41.81, -51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.68, 66.46, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.065 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.162 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2613, 4.6404, 25.6546)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A248D #678D24

analogous

#24338D #4A248D #7E248D

triadic

#4A248D #8D4A24 #248D4A

tetradic

#4A248D #8D2433 #678D24 #248D7E

square

#4A248D #8D2433 #678D24 #248D7E

split-complementary

#4A248D #8D7E24 #338D24

monochromatic

#170B2B #30185C #4A248D #6430BE #8457D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#4A248D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4A248D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A248D

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A248D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A248D	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a248d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.162 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362af',
    500: '#4a248d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a248d;
$custom-light: #8362af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a248d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37799,
    "c": 0.16168,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A248D

secondary

#94B854

accent

#E345AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A248D

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

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