#4A289D#4A289D

#4A289D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.176 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A289D
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 157)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 74.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.86, 44.32, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.86, 72.94, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(39.79% 0.0576 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(39.79% 0.176 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6669, 5.4073, 32.4261)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A289D #7B9D28

analogous

#28409D #4A289D #84289D

triadic

#4A289D #9D4A28 #289D4A

tetradic

#4A289D #9D2840 #7B9D28 #289D84

square

#4A289D #9D2840 #7B9D28 #289D84

split-complementary

#4A289D #9D8428 #409D28

monochromatic

#1C0F3B #331C6C #4A289D #6236CC #8867D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4A289D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A289D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A289D

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A289D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A289D	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a289d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.176 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565bb',
    500: '#4a289d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a289d;
$custom-light: #8565bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a289d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.436,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39786,
    "c": 0.17614,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A289D

secondary

#A4BE62

accent

#E345B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A289D

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

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