#4A289E#4A289E

#4A289E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.177 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A289E
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 158)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.96, 44.61, -58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.96, 73.48, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% 0.0573 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.177 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7526, 5.4416, 32.8776)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A289E #7C9E28

analogous

#28419E #4A289E #85289E

triadic

#4A289E #9E4A28 #289E4A

tetradic

#4A289E #9E2841 #7C9E28 #289E85

square

#4A289E #9E2841 #7C9E28 #289E85

split-complementary

#4A289E #9E8528 #419E28

monochromatic

#1C0F3C #331C6D #4A289E #6237CC #8868D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#4A289E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4A289E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A289E

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A289E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A289E	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a289e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.177 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666bc',
    500: '#4a289e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a289e;
$custom-light: #8666bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a289e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.288,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39879,
    "c": 0.17733,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A289E

secondary

#A4BF63

accent

#E345B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A289E

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

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