#4A2498#4A2498

#4A2498 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.175 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2498
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 152)
HSL	hsl(260, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 76.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 44.90, -56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 72.41, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% 0.0622 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.175 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1208, 4.9842, 30.1811)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2498 #729824

analogous

#243898 #4A2498 #842498

triadic

#4A2498 #984A24 #24984A

tetradic

#4A2498 #982438 #729824 #249884

square

#4A2498 #982438 #729824 #249884

split-complementary

#4A2498 #988424 #389824

monochromatic

#1A0D35 #321867 #4A2498 #6230C9 #865ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#4A2498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4A2498 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2498

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2498	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.175 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b7',
    500: '#4a2498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2498;
$custom-light: #8563b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.655,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38816,
    "c": 0.17459,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2498

secondary

#9DBE5A

accent

#E543B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2498

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

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