#4A259A#4A259A

#4A259A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.176 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A259A
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.05, 44.98, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.05, 72.95, 308.06°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.0608 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.176 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3167, 5.1117, 31.0613)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A259A #759A25

analogous

#253B9A #4A259A #84259A

triadic

#4A259A #9A4A25 #259A4A

tetradic

#4A259A #9A253B #759A25 #259A84

square

#4A259A #9A253B #759A25 #259A84

split-complementary

#4A259A #9A8425 #3B9A25

monochromatic

#1B0D37 #321969 #4A259A #6231CB #8760D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4A259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4A259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A259A

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A259A	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.176 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564b9',
    500: '#4a259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a259a;
$custom-light: #8564b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.974,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39127,
    "c": 0.17586,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A259A

secondary

#9FBE5D

accent

#E443B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A259A

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

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