#4A269E#4A269E

#4A269E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.179 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A269E
RGB	rgb(74, 38, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.60, 45.62, -58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.60, 74.56, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.63% 0.059 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(39.63% 0.179 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6869, 5.3102, 32.8557)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A269E #7A9E26

analogous

#263E9E #4A269E #86269E

triadic

#4A269E #9E4A26 #269E4A

tetradic

#4A269E #9E263E #7A9E26 #269E86

square

#4A269E #9E263E #7A9E26 #269E86

split-complementary

#4A269E #9E8626 #3E9E26

monochromatic

#1C0E3B #331A6D #4A269E #6233CE #8865DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#4A269E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4A269E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A269E

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A269E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A269E	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a269e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 38, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.179 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664bc',
    500: '#4a269e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a269e;
$custom-light: #8664bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a269e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39628,
    "c": 0.17947,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A269E

secondary

#A3C060

accent

#E443B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A269E

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

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