#4A249B#4A249B

#4A249B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.178 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A249B
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.97, 45.75, -58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.97, 74.01, 308.18°)
OKLab	oklab(39.1% 0.0614 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(39.1% 0.178 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3696, 5.0838, 31.4916)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A249B #759B24

analogous

#24399B #4A249B #86249B

triadic

#4A249B #9B4A24 #249B4A

tetradic

#4A249B #9B2439 #759B24 #249B86

square

#4A249B #9B2439 #759B24 #249B86

split-complementary

#4A249B #9B8624 #399B24

monochromatic

#1B0D38 #321869 #4A249B #6230CD #875FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#4A249B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4A249B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A249B

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A249B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A249B	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a249b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.178 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ba',
    500: '#4a249b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a249b;
$custom-light: #8563ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a249b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.16,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.391,
    "c": 0.17808,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A249B

secondary

#9FBF5C

accent

#E542B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A249B

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

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