#4A269C#4A269C

#4A269C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.177 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A269C
RGB	rgb(74, 38, 156)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 75.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 45.05, -58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 73.49, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.44% 0.0595 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(39.44% 0.177 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5162, 5.2419, 31.9564)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A269C #789C26

analogous

#263D9C #4A269C #85269C

triadic

#4A269C #9C4A26 #269C4A

tetradic

#4A269C #9C263D #789C26 #269C85

square

#4A269C #9C263D #789C26 #269C85

split-complementary

#4A269C #9C8526 #3D9C26

monochromatic

#1B0E3A #331A6B #4A269C #6132CD #8763D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4A269C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4A269C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A269C

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A269C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A269C	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)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a269c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 38, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.177 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ba',
    500: '#4a269c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a269c;
$custom-light: #8564ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a269c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.305,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39439,
    "c": 0.17713,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A269C

secondary

#A2BF5F

accent

#E444B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A269C

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

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