#4A2597#4A2597

#4A2597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.172 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2597
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 151)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 75.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 44.12, -56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 71.34, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0616 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.172 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0699, 5.0130, 29.7619)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2597 #729725

analogous

#253997 #4A2597 #832597

triadic

#4A2597 #974A25 #25974A

tetradic

#4A2597 #972539 #729725 #259783

square

#4A2597 #972539 #729725 #259783

split-complementary

#4A2597 #978325 #399725

monochromatic

#1A0D35 #321966 #4A2597 #6231C8 #865FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#4A2597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4A2597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2597

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2597	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.172 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564b7',
    500: '#4a2597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2597;
$custom-light: #8564b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.474,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38845,
    "c": 0.17234,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2597

secondary

#9DBD5B

accent

#E444B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2597

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

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