#4A2898#4A2898

#4A2898 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.170 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2898
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 152)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 73.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 42.87, -55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 70.23, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% 0.0588 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.17 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2487, 5.2400, 30.2238)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2898 #769828

analogous

#283E98 #4A2898 #822898

triadic

#4A2898 #984A28 #28984A

tetradic

#4A2898 #98283E #769828 #289882

square

#4A2898 #98283E #769828 #289882

split-complementary

#4A2898 #988228 #3E9828

monochromatic

#1B0F37 #321B68 #4A2898 #6235C8 #8764D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4A2898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4A2898 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2898

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2898	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.170 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565b7',
    500: '#4a2898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2898;
$custom-light: #8565b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.214,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39323,
    "c": 0.17017,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2898

secondary

#A0BC60

accent

#E246B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2898

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

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