#4A248E#4A248E

#4A248E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.163 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A248E
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 74.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.77, 42.09, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.77, 67.00, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.89% 0.0647 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(37.89% 0.163 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3361, 4.6703, 26.0482)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A248E #688E24

analogous

#24338E #4A248E #7F248E

triadic

#4A248E #8E4A24 #248E4A

tetradic

#4A248E #8E2433 #688E24 #248E7F

square

#4A248E #8E2433 #688E24 #248E7F

split-complementary

#4A248E #8E7F24 #338E24

monochromatic

#170B2C #31185D #4A248E #6330BF #8558D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#4A248E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4A248E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A248E

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A248E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A248E	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a248e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.163 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363b0',
    500: '#4a248e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a248e;
$custom-light: #8363b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a248e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.509,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3789,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A248E

secondary

#95B955

accent

#E345AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A248E

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

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