#4A2697#4A2697

#4A2697 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.171 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2697
RGB	rgb(74, 38, 151)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 74.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.95, 43.62, -55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.95, 70.79, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(38.97% 0.0608 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(38.97% 0.171 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1015, 5.0761, 29.7724)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2697 #739726

analogous

#263B97 #4A2697 #832697

triadic

#4A2697 #974A26 #26974A

tetradic

#4A2697 #97263B #739726 #269783

square

#4A2697 #97263B #739726 #269783

split-complementary

#4A2697 #978326 #3B9726

monochromatic

#1A0D35 #321A66 #4A2697 #6232C8 #8660D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#4A2697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4A2697 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2697

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2697	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 38, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.171 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564b7',
    500: '#4a2697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2697;
$custom-light: #8564b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.115,
    "s": 59.788,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38971,
    "c": 0.17124,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2697

secondary

#9EBC5C

accent

#E345B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2697

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

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