#4A269D#4A269D

#4A269D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.178 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A269D
RGB	rgb(74, 38, 157)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 75.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.51, 45.33, -58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.51, 74.02, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(39.53% 0.0592 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(39.53% 0.178 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6012, 5.2760, 32.4042)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A269D #799D26

analogous

#263D9D #4A269D #85269D

triadic

#4A269D #9D4A26 #269D4A

tetradic

#4A269D #9D263D #799D26 #269D85

square

#4A269D #9D263D #799D26 #269D85

split-complementary

#4A269D #9D8526 #3D9D26

monochromatic

#1C0E3A #331A6C #4A269D #6233CE #8764D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#4A269D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4A269D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A269D

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A269D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A269D	1.00	10.22	2.06	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a269d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 38, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.178 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664bb',
    500: '#4a269d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a269d;
$custom-light: #8664bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a269d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.151,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39534,
    "c": 0.17831,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A269D

secondary

#A2BF60

accent

#E444B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A269D

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

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