#4A2990#4A2990

#4A2990 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.159 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2990
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 144)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 71.5%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 40.03, -51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 65.26, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0595 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.159 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6496, 5.0550, 26.9001)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2990 #6F9029

analogous

#293C90 #4A2990 #7E2990

triadic

#4A2990 #904A29 #29904A

tetradic

#4A2990 #90293C #6F9029 #29907E

square

#4A2990 #90293C #6F9029 #29907E

split-complementary

#4A2990 #907E29 #3C9029

monochromatic

#190E31 #321B60 #4A2990 #6237C0 #8561D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#4A2990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4A2990 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2990

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2990	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.159 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366b1',
    500: '#4a2990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2990;
$custom-light: #8366b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.223,
    "s": 55.676,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38737,
    "c": 0.15928,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2990

secondary

#9BB85D

accent

#DF49AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2990

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

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