#4A287D#4A287D

#4A287D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.137 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A287D
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 125)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 68%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 35.14, -42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 55.19, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(36.98% 0.0636 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(36.98% 0.137 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2836, 4.4540, 19.8740)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A287D #5B7D28

analogous

#28317D #4A287D #75287D

triadic

#4A287D #7D4A28 #287D4A

tetradic

#4A287D #7D2831 #5B7D28 #287D75

square

#4A287D #7D2831 #5B7D28 #287D75

split-complementary

#4A287D #7D7528 #317D28

monochromatic

#130A20 #2F194F #4A287D #6537AB #8456C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#4A287D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4A287D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A287D

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A287D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A287D	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a287d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.137 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8164a3',
    500: '#4a287d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a287d;
$custom-light: #8164a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a287d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36976,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A287D

secondary

#8AAE53

accent

#DB4DA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A287D

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

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