#4A287C#4A287C

#4A287C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.136 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A287C
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 124)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 67.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 34.86, -42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 54.62, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.0637 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.136 298)
XYZ	xyz(7.2200, 4.4286, 19.5393)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A287C #5A7C28

analogous

#28307C #4A287C #74287C

triadic

#4A287C #7C4A28 #287C4A

tetradic

#4A287C #7C2830 #5A7C28 #287C74

square

#4A287C #7C2830 #5A7C28 #287C74

split-complementary

#4A287C #7C7428 #307C28

monochromatic

#130A1F #2E194E #4A287C #6637AA #8456C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#4A287C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4A287C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A287C

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A287C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A287C	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a287c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.136 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8164a3',
    500: '#4a287c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a287c;
$custom-light: #8164a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a287c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.286,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36895,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A287C

secondary

#89AD52

accent

#DB4DA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A287C

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

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