#4A268E#4A268E

#4A268E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.161 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A268E
RGB	rgb(74, 38, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 73.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 41.05, -51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 65.89, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% 0.0629 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.161 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3983, 4.7948, 26.0689)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A268E #6A8E26

analogous

#26368E #4A268E #7E268E

triadic

#4A268E #8E4A26 #268E4A

tetradic

#4A268E #8E2636 #6A8E26 #268E7E

square

#4A268E #8E2636 #6A8E26 #268E7E

split-complementary

#4A268E #8E7E26 #368E26

monochromatic

#180C2D #31195E #4A268E #6333BE #855BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#4A268E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4A268E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A268E

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A268E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A268E	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a268e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 38, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.161 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364b0',
    500: '#4a268e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a268e;
$custom-light: #8364b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a268e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3815,
    "c": 0.16051,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A268E

secondary

#97B858

accent

#E147AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A268E

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

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