#4A2499#4A2499

#4A2499 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.176 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2499
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 153)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 76.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, 45.19, -57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 72.94, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% 0.0619 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.176 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2030, 5.0171, 30.6143)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2499 #739924

analogous

#243999 #4A2499 #852499

triadic

#4A2499 #994A24 #24994A

tetradic

#4A2499 #992439 #739924 #249985

square

#4A2499 #992439 #739924 #249985

split-complementary

#4A2499 #998524 #399924

monochromatic

#1A0D36 #321867 #4A2499 #6230CB #865ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#4A2499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4A2499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2499

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2499	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.176 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b8',
    500: '#4a2499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2499;
$custom-light: #8563b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.487,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3891,
    "c": 0.17576,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2499

secondary

#9EBE5B

accent

#E543B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2499

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

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