#4A2490#4A2490

#4A2490 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.165 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2490
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 144)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 75%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.95, 42.65, -53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.95, 68.09, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% 0.0643 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.165 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4876, 4.7309, 26.8461)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2490 #6A9024

analogous

#243490 #4A2490 #802490

triadic

#4A2490 #904A24 #24904A

tetradic

#4A2490 #902434 #6A9024 #249080

square

#4A2490 #902434 #6A9024 #249080

split-complementary

#4A2490 #908024 #349024

monochromatic

#180C2E #31185F #4A2490 #6330C1 #8559D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#4A2490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4A2490 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2490

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2490	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.165 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463b1',
    500: '#4a2490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2490;
$custom-light: #8463b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38072,
    "c": 0.16523,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2490

secondary

#97BA56

accent

#E345AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2490

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

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