#4A259C#4A259C

#4A259C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.178 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A259C
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.24, 45.54, -58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.24, 74.02, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% 0.0603 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.178 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4846, 5.1789, 31.9459)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A259C #779C25

analogous

#253C9C #4A259C #85259C

triadic

#4A259C #9C4A25 #259C4A

tetradic

#4A259C #9C253C #779C25 #259C85

square

#4A259C #9C253C #779C25 #259C85

split-complementary

#4A259C #9C8525 #3C9C25

monochromatic

#1B0E39 #33196B #4A259C #6131CD #8762DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#4A259C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4A259C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A259C

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A259C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A259C	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.178 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ba',
    500: '#4a259c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a259c;
$custom-light: #8564ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.655,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39316,
    "c": 0.1782,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A259C

secondary

#A1BF5E

accent

#E543B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A259C

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

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