#4A2992#4A2992

#4A2992 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.162 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2992
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 146)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 71.9%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 40.60, -52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 66.37, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% 0.0591 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.162 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8038, 5.1167, 27.7123)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2992 #719229

analogous

#293D92 #4A2992 #7F2992

triadic

#4A2992 #924A29 #29924A

tetradic

#4A2992 #92293D #719229 #29927F

square

#4A2992 #92293D #719229 #29927F

split-complementary

#4A2992 #927F29 #3D9229

monochromatic

#1A0E32 #321C62 #4A2992 #6236C2 #8662D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4A2992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4A2992 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2992

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2992	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.162 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466b3',
    500: '#4a2992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2992;
$custom-light: #8466b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.857,
    "s": 56.15,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38914,
    "c": 0.16173,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2992

secondary

#9CB95E

accent

#DF48B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2992

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

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