#4A289B#4A289B

#4A289B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.174 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A289B
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 155)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.68, 43.74, -57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.68, 71.86, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.6% 0.0581 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(39.6% 0.174 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4975, 5.3396, 31.5342)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A289B #799B28

analogous

#283F9B #4A289B #83289B

triadic

#4A289B #9B4A28 #289B4A

tetradic

#4A289B #9B283F #799B28 #289B83

square

#4A289B #9B283F #799B28 #289B83

split-complementary

#4A289B #9B8328 #3F9B28

monochromatic

#1C0F3A #331B6A #4A289B #6235CB #8766D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#4A289B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4A289B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A289B

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A289B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A289B	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a289b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.174 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565b9',
    500: '#4a289b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a289b;
$custom-light: #8565b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a289b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.739,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.396,
    "c": 0.17376,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A289B

secondary

#A2BD61

accent

#E246B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A289B

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

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