#4A2891#4A2891

#4A2891 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.162 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2891
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 145)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 72.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, 40.85, -52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 66.39, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.0603 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.162 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6922, 5.0175, 27.2930)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2891 #6F9128

analogous

#283A91 #4A2891 #7F2891

triadic

#4A2891 #914A28 #28914A

tetradic

#4A2891 #91283A #6F9128 #28917F

square

#4A2891 #91283A #6F9128 #28917F

split-complementary

#4A2891 #917F28 #3A9128

monochromatic

#190E31 #321B61 #4A2891 #6235C1 #8560D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#4A2891 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4A2891 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2891

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2891	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2891	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2891;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.162 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465b2',
    500: '#4a2891',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2891;
$custom-light: #8465b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2891",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.429,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38688,
    "c": 0.16172,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2891

secondary

#9BB95C

accent

#E048AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2891

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

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