#4A2589#4A2589

#4A2589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.156 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2589
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 137)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 73%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 40.16, -49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 63.70, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.0649 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.156 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9997, 4.5849, 24.1255)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.18

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2589 #648925

analogous

#253289 #4A2589 #7C2589

triadic

#4A2589 #894A25 #25894A

tetradic

#4A2589 #892532 #648925 #25897C

square

#4A2589 #892532 #648925 #25897C

split-complementary

#4A2589 #897C25 #328925

monochromatic

#160B29 #301859 #4A2589 #6432B9 #8457D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#4A2589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4A2589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2589

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2589	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.156 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363ac',
    500: '#4a2589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2589;
$custom-light: #8363ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.2,
    "s": 57.471,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37572,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2589

secondary

#92B654

accent

#E147A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2589

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

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