#4A259E#4A259E

#4A259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.181 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A259E
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.43, 46.11, -59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.43, 75.08, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% 0.0598 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.181 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6554, 5.2472, 32.8452)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A259E #799E25

analogous

#253C9E #4A259E #86259E

triadic

#4A259E #9E4A25 #259E4A

tetradic

#4A259E #9E253C #799E25 #259E86

square

#4A259E #9E253C #799E25 #259E86

split-complementary

#4A259E #9E8625 #3C9E25

monochromatic

#1C0E3B #33196C #4A259E #6231CF #8763DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4A259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4A259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A259E

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A259E	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.181 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664bc',
    500: '#4a259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a259e;
$custom-light: #8664bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.347,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39507,
    "c": 0.18052,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A259E

secondary

#A2C05F

accent

#E543B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A259E

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

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