#4A268D#4A268D

#4A268D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.159 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A268D
RGB	rgb(74, 38, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 73%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 40.77, -51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 65.33, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(38.06% 0.0631 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(38.06% 0.159 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3235, 4.7649, 25.6753)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A268D #698D26

analogous

#26358D #4A268D #7E268D

triadic

#4A268D #8D4A26 #268D4A

tetradic

#4A268D #8D2635 #698D26 #268D7E

square

#4A268D #8D2635 #698D26 #268D7E

split-complementary

#4A268D #8D7E26 #358D26

monochromatic

#170C2D #31195D #4A268D #6333BD #855BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#4A268D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4A268D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A268D

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A268D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A268D	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a268d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 38, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.159 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364af',
    500: '#4a268d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a268d;
$custom-light: #8364af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a268d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.971,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38061,
    "c": 0.1593,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A268D

secondary

#96B857

accent

#E147AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A268D

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

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