#4A2987#4A2987

#4A2987 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.148 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2987
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 135)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 69.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 37.43, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 60.23, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(37.96% 0.0611 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(37.96% 0.148 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9890, 4.7908, 23.4208)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2987 #668729

analogous

#293787 #4A2987 #792987

triadic

#4A2987 #874A29 #29874A

tetradic

#4A2987 #872937 #668729 #298779

square

#4A2987 #872937 #668729 #298779

split-complementary

#4A2987 #877929 #378729

monochromatic

#170C29 #301B58 #4A2987 #6437B6 #845DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#4A2987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4A2987 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2987

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2987	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.148 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8265ab',
    500: '#4a2987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2987;
$custom-light: #8265ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.064,
    "s": 53.409,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37956,
    "c": 0.14814,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2987

secondary

#93B359

accent

#DD4BAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2987

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

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