#4A298E#4A298E

#4A298E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.157 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A298E
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 71.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.72, 39.45, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.72, 64.15, 307.94°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% 0.0599 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.157 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4981, 4.9944, 26.1022)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A298E #6D8E29

analogous

#293A8E #4A298E #7C298E

triadic

#4A298E #8E4A29 #298E4A

tetradic

#4A298E #8E293A #6D8E29 #298E7C

square

#4A298E #8E293A #6D8E29 #298E7C

split-complementary

#4A298E #8E7C29 #3A8E29

monochromatic

#190E2F #311B5F #4A298E #6337BD #8560D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#4A298E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4A298E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A298E

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A298E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A298E	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a298e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.157 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8365b0',
    500: '#4a298e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a298e;
$custom-light: #8365b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a298e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.604,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38561,
    "c": 0.15682,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A298E

secondary

#99B75C

accent

#DF49AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A298E

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

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