#4A2989#4A2989

#4A2989 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.151 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2989
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 137)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 70.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 38.00, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 61.36, 308.27°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% 0.0608 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.151 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1311, 4.8476, 24.1693)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2989 #688929

analogous

#293889 #4A2989 #7A2989

triadic

#4A2989 #894A29 #29894A

tetradic

#4A2989 #892938 #688929 #29897A

square

#4A2989 #892938 #688929 #29897A

split-complementary

#4A2989 #897A29 #388929

monochromatic

#170D2B #311B5A #4A2989 #6337B8 #855ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#4A2989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4A2989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2989

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2989	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.151 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8265ac',
    500: '#4a2989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2989;
$custom-light: #8265ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 53.933,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38127,
    "c": 0.15064,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2989

secondary

#95B45A

accent

#DD4AAB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2989

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

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