#4A249C#4A249C

#4A249C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.179 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A249C
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 156)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 76.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.07, 46.03, -58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.07, 74.54, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.2% 0.0611 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(39.2% 0.179 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4539, 5.1175, 31.9357)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A249C #769C24

analogous

#243A9C #4A249C #86249C

triadic

#4A249C #9C4A24 #249C4A

tetradic

#4A249C #9C243A #769C24 #249C86

square

#4A249C #9C243A #769C24 #249C86

split-complementary

#4A249C #9C8624 #3A9C24

monochromatic

#1B0D39 #32196A #4A249C #622FCE #8760DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4A249C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4A249C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A249C

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A249C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A249C	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a249c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.179 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663ba',
    500: '#4a249c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a249c;
$custom-light: #8663ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a249c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39196,
    "c": 0.17923,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A249C

secondary

#A0BF5C

accent

#E642B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A249C

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

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