#4A2592#4A2592

#4A2592 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.166 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2592
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 146)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.31, 42.71, -53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.31, 68.63, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.0629 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.166 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6725, 4.8540, 27.6685)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2592 #6D9225

analogous

#253692 #4A2592 #802592

triadic

#4A2592 #924A25 #25924A

tetradic

#4A2592 #922536 #6D9225 #259280

square

#4A2592 #922536 #6D9225 #259280

split-complementary

#4A2592 #928025 #369225

monochromatic

#190C30 #311961 #4A2592 #6331C3 #855CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#4A2592 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4A2592 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2592

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2592	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2592	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2592;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.166 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463b3',
    500: '#4a2592',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2592;
$custom-light: #8463b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2592",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.367,
    "s": 59.563,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38383,
    "c": 0.16645,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2592

secondary

#99BA58

accent

#E345AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2592

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

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