#4A269A#4A269A

#4A269A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.175 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A269A
RGB	rgb(74, 38, 154)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 75.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.23, 44.48, -57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.23, 72.41, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(39.25% 0.06 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(39.25% 0.175 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3482, 5.1748, 31.0718)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A269A #769A26

analogous

#263C9A #4A269A #84269A

triadic

#4A269A #9A4A26 #269A4A

tetradic

#4A269A #9A263C #769A26 #269A84

square

#4A269A #9A263C #769A26 #269A84

split-complementary

#4A269A #9A8426 #3C9A26

monochromatic

#1B0E38 #321A69 #4A269A #6232CB #8762D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#4A269A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4A269A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A269A

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A269A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A269A	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a269a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 38, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.175 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564b9',
    500: '#4a269a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a269a;
$custom-light: #8564b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a269a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39251,
    "c": 0.17478,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A269A

secondary

#A0BE5E

accent

#E444B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A269A

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

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