#4A2579#4A2579

#4A2579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.136 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2579
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 35.70, -41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 54.76, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0677 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.136 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9359, 4.1594, 18.5229)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2579 #547925

analogous

#252A79 #4A2579 #742579

triadic

#4A2579 #794A25 #25794A

tetradic

#4A2579 #79252A #547925 #257974

square

#4A2579 #79252A #547925 #257974

split-complementary

#4A2579 #797425 #2A7925

monochromatic

#11081B #2D174A #4A2579 #6733A8 #854FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#4A2579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4A2579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2579

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2579	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.136 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162a0',
    500: '#4a2579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2579;
$custom-light: #8162a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.429,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3621,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2579

secondary

#82AB4E

accent

#DD4B9D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2579

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

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