#4A2497#4A2497

#4A2497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.173 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2497
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(260, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.60, 44.62, -56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.60, 71.87, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0625 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.173 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.0392, 4.9516, 29.7516)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2497 #719724

analogous

#243897 #4A2497 #842497

triadic

#4A2497 #974A24 #24974A

tetradic

#4A2497 #972438 #719724 #249784

square

#4A2497 #972438 #719724 #249784

split-complementary

#4A2497 #978424 #389724

monochromatic

#1A0C34 #321866 #4A2497 #6230C8 #865DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#4A2497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4A2497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2497

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2497	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.173 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b7',
    500: '#4a2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2497;
$custom-light: #8563b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.826,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38722,
    "c": 0.17343,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2497

secondary

#9CBD5A

accent

#E543AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2497

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

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