#4A258A#4A258A

#4A258A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.157 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A258A
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.60, 40.45, -49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.60, 64.25, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.66% 0.0647 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(37.66% 0.157 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0718, 4.6137, 24.5051)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.28

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A258A #658A25

analogous

#25338A #4A258A #7D258A

triadic

#4A258A #8A4A25 #258A4A

tetradic

#4A258A #8A2533 #658A25 #258A7D

square

#4A258A #8A2533 #658A25 #258A7D

split-complementary

#4A258A #8A7D25 #338A25

monochromatic

#160B29 #30185A #4A258A #6432BA #8457D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#4A258A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4A258A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A258A

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A258A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A258A	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a258a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.157 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363ad',
    500: '#4a258a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a258a;
$custom-light: #8363ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a258a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.98,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3766,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A258A

secondary

#93B754

accent

#E147A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A258A

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

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