#4A249D#4A249D

#4A249D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.180 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A249D
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 157)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 77.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.16, 46.31, -59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.16, 75.07, 308.09°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% 0.0608 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.18 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5390, 5.1515, 32.3835)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A249D #779D24

analogous

#243A9D #4A249D #86249D

triadic

#4A249D #9D4A24 #249D4A

tetradic

#4A249D #9D243A #779D24 #249D86

square

#4A249D #9D243A #779D24 #249D86

split-complementary

#4A249D #9D8624 #3A9D24

monochromatic

#1B0D39 #33196B #4A249D #612FCF #8761DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#4A249D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4A249D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A249D

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A249D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A249D	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a249d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.180 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663bb',
    500: '#4a249d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a249d;
$custom-light: #8663bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a249d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.843,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39291,
    "c": 0.18039,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A249D

secondary

#A1C05D

accent

#E642B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A249D

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

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