#4A249A#4A249A

#4A249A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.177 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A249A
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 154)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 76.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.88, 45.47, -57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.88, 73.48, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(39.01% 0.0617 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(39.01% 0.177 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2860, 5.0503, 31.0511)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A249A #749A24

analogous

#24399A #4A249A #85249A

triadic

#4A249A #9A4A24 #249A4A

tetradic

#4A249A #9A2439 #749A24 #249A85

square

#4A249A #9A2439 #749A24 #249A85

split-complementary

#4A249A #9A8524 #399A24

monochromatic

#1A0D37 #321868 #4A249A #6230CC #865FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#4A249A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4A249A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A249A

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A249A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A249A	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a249a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.177 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b9',
    500: '#4a249a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a249a;
$custom-light: #8563b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a249a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.322,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39005,
    "c": 0.17692,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A249A

secondary

#9FBF5B

accent

#E543B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A249A

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

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