#4A259B#4A259B

#4A259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.177 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A259B
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.14, 45.26, -57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.14, 73.48, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0606 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.177 290)
XYZ	xyz(9.4003, 5.1451, 31.5018)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A259B #769B25

analogous

#253B9B #4A259B #85259B

triadic

#4A259B #9B4A25 #259B4A

tetradic

#4A259B #9B253B #769B25 #259B85

square

#4A259B #9B253B #769B25 #259B85

split-complementary

#4A259B #9B8525 #3B9B25

monochromatic

#1B0D38 #32196A #4A259B #6231CC #8761D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#4A259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4A259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A259B

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A259B	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.177 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ba',
    500: '#4a259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a259b;
$custom-light: #8564ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.814,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39221,
    "c": 0.17703,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.05146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A259B

secondary

#A0BF5D

accent

#E543B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A259B

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

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