#4A258E#4A258E

#4A258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.162 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A258E
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.96, 41.57, -51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.96, 66.45, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.02% 0.0638 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(38.02% 0.162 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3667, 4.7317, 26.0584)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A258E #698E25

analogous

#25348E #4A258E #7E258E

triadic

#4A258E #8E4A25 #258E4A

tetradic

#4A258E #8E2534 #698E25 #258E7E

square

#4A258E #8E2534 #698E25 #258E7E

split-complementary

#4A258E #8E7E25 #348E25

monochromatic

#170C2D #31185D #4A258E #6332BF #855AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#4A258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4A258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A258E

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A258E	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.162 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363b0',
    500: '#4a258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a258e;
$custom-light: #8363b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.143,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38019,
    "c": 0.16169,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A258E

secondary

#96B956

accent

#E246AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A258E

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

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