#4A289F#4A289F

#4A289F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.179 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A289F
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 159)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.05, 44.90, -58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.05, 74.02, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% 0.0571 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.179 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8390, 5.4762, 33.3327)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A289F #7D9F28

analogous

#28429F #4A289F #86289F

triadic

#4A289F #9F4A28 #289F4A

tetradic

#4A289F #9F2842 #7D9F28 #289F86

square

#4A289F #9F2842 #7D9F28 #289F86

split-complementary

#4A289F #9F8628 #429F28

monochromatic

#1C0F3D #331C6E #4A289F #6237CD #8968D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#4A289F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4A289F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A289F

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A289F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A289F	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a289f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.179 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666bc',
    500: '#4a289f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a289f;
$custom-light: #8666bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a289f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39973,
    "c": 0.17852,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A289F

secondary

#A5BF64

accent

#E345B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A289F

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

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