#4A2897#4A2897

#4A2897 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.169 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2897
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 151)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 73.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.32, 42.58, -55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.32, 69.68, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.23% 0.059 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(39.23% 0.169 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1671, 5.2074, 29.7943)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2897 #759728

analogous

#283E97 #4A2897 #812897

triadic

#4A2897 #974A28 #28974A

tetradic

#4A2897 #97283E #759728 #289781

square

#4A2897 #97283E #759728 #289781

split-complementary

#4A2897 #978128 #3E9728

monochromatic

#1B0E36 #321B67 #4A2897 #6235C7 #8764D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#4A2897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4A2897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2897

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2897	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.169 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465b7',
    500: '#4a2897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2897;
$custom-light: #8465b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.378,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39231,
    "c": 0.16898,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2897

secondary

#9FBC5F

accent

#E146B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2897

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

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