#4A2599#4A2599

#4A2599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.175 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2599
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.96, 44.69, -56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.96, 72.41, 308.11°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0611 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.175 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2337, 5.0785, 30.6245)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2599 #749925

analogous

#253A99 #4A2599 #842599

triadic

#4A2599 #994A25 #25994A

tetradic

#4A2599 #99253A #749925 #259984

square

#4A2599 #99253A #749925 #259984

split-complementary

#4A2599 #998425 #3A9925

monochromatic

#1A0D36 #321968 #4A2599 #6231CA #8660D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#4A2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4A2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2599

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2599	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.175 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564b8',
    500: '#4a2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2599;
$custom-light: #8564b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.138,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39033,
    "c": 0.17469,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2599

secondary

#9FBE5C

accent

#E444B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2599

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

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