#4A249E#4A249E

#4A249E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.182 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A249E
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 77.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.26, 46.60, -59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.26, 75.60, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% 0.0606 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.182 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6247, 5.1858, 32.8349)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A249E #789E24

analogous

#243B9E #4A249E #87249E

triadic

#4A249E #9E4A24 #249E4A

tetradic

#4A249E #9E243B #789E24 #249E87

square

#4A249E #9E243B #789E24 #249E87

split-complementary

#4A249E #9E8724 #3B9E24

monochromatic

#1B0D3A #33196C #4A249E #612FD0 #8761DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#4A249E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4A249E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A249E

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A249E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A249E	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a249e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.182 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663bc',
    500: '#4a249e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a249e;
$custom-light: #8663bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a249e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.689,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39387,
    "c": 0.18155,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A249E

secondary

#A2C05E

accent

#E642B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A249E

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

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