#4A249F#4A249F

#4A249F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.183 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A249F
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 159)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 77.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.35, 46.88, -59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.35, 76.13, 308.01°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0603 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.183 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.7111, 5.2203, 33.2901)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A249F #799F24

analogous

#243B9F #4A249F #87249F

triadic

#4A249F #9F4A24 #249F4A

tetradic

#4A249F #9F243B #799F24 #249F87

square

#4A249F #9F243B #799F24 #249F87

split-complementary

#4A249F #9F8724 #3B9F24

monochromatic

#1C0D3B #33196D #4A249F #6230D0 #8762DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#4A249F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4A249F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A249F

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A249F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A249F	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a249f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.183 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663bc',
    500: '#4a249f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a249f;
$custom-light: #8663bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a249f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.537,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39484,
    "c": 0.1827,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A249F

secondary

#A2C15E

accent

#E642B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A249F

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

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