#4A259D#4A259D

#4A259D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.179 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A259D
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.33, 45.83, -58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.33, 74.55, 307.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% 0.06 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.179 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5696, 5.2129, 32.3937)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A259D #789D25

analogous

#253C9D #4A259D #86259D

triadic

#4A259D #9D4A25 #259D4A

tetradic

#4A259D #9D253C #789D25 #259D86

square

#4A259D #9D253C #789D25 #259D86

split-complementary

#4A259D #9D8625 #3C9D25

monochromatic

#1B0E3A #33196B #4A259D #6131CE #8762DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#4A259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4A259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A259D

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A259D	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.179 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664bb',
    500: '#4a259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a259d;
$custom-light: #8664bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39411,
    "c": 0.17936,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A259D

secondary

#A2BF5E

accent

#E543B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A259D

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

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