#4A258C#4A258C

#4A258C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.159 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A258C
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 140)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 73.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.78, 41.01, -50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.78, 65.35, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(37.84% 0.0643 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(37.84% 0.159 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2179, 4.6722, 25.2747)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A258C #678C25

analogous

#25348C #4A258C #7D258C

triadic

#4A258C #8C4A25 #258C4A

tetradic

#4A258C #8C2534 #678C25 #258C7D

square

#4A258C #8C2534 #678C25 #258C7D

split-complementary

#4A258C #8C7D25 #348C25

monochromatic

#170B2B #30185C #4A258C #6432BC #8458D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#4A258C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4A258C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A258C

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A258C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A258C	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a258c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.159 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363ae',
    500: '#4a258c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a258c;
$custom-light: #8363ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a258c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.553,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37839,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A258C

secondary

#94B855

accent

#E146AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A258C

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

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