#4A2999#4A2999

#4A2999 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.170 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2999
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 153)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.69, 42.64, -55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.69, 70.21, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.55% 0.0576 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(39.55% 0.17 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3651, 5.3412, 30.6683)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2999 #789929

analogous

#294099 #4A2999 #822999

triadic

#4A2999 #994A29 #29994A

tetradic

#4A2999 #992940 #789929 #299982

square

#4A2999 #992940 #789929 #299982

split-complementary

#4A2999 #998229 #409929

monochromatic

#1B0F38 #331C69 #4A2999 #6136C9 #8766D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#4A2999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4A2999 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2999

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2999	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.170 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566b8',
    500: '#4a2999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2999;
$custom-light: #8566b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.679,
    "s": 57.732,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39547,
    "c": 0.17023,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2999

secondary

#A2BC62

accent

#E147B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2999

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

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