#4A2985#4A2985

#4A2985 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.146 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2985
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 133)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 69.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.97, 36.85, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.97, 59.11, 308.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% 0.0614 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.146 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8495, 4.7350, 22.6861)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.62

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2985 #648529

analogous

#293685 #4A2985 #782985

triadic

#4A2985 #854A29 #29854A

tetradic

#4A2985 #852936 #648529 #298578

square

#4A2985 #852936 #648529 #298578

split-complementary

#4A2985 #857829 #368529

monochromatic

#160C27 #301B56 #4A2985 #6437B4 #845CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#4A2985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4A2985 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2985

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2985	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.146 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8265a9',
    500: '#4a2985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2985;
$custom-light: #8265a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.522,
    "s": 52.874,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37787,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2985

secondary

#92B258

accent

#DC4CA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2985

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

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