#4A258D#4A258D

#4A258D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.161 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A258D
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.87, 41.29, -51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.87, 65.90, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% 0.064 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.161 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2920, 4.7018, 25.6648)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A258D #688D25

analogous

#25348D #4A258D #7E258D

triadic

#4A258D #8D4A25 #258D4A

tetradic

#4A258D #8D2534 #688D25 #258D7E

square

#4A258D #8D2534 #688D25 #258D7E

split-complementary

#4A258D #8D7E25 #348D25

monochromatic

#170C2C #31185D #4A258D #6332BD #8559D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#4A258D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4A258D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A258D

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A258D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A258D	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a258d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.161 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363af',
    500: '#4a258d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a258d;
$custom-light: #8363af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a258d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.346,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37928,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A258D

secondary

#95B856

accent

#E246AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A258D

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

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