#4A299A#4A299A

#4A299A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.171 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A299A
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 154)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 73.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.78, 42.93, -56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.78, 70.76, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(39.64% 0.0574 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(39.64% 0.171 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4480, 5.3744, 31.1051)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A299A #799A29

analogous

#29409A #4A299A #82299A

triadic

#4A299A #9A4A29 #299A4A

tetradic

#4A299A #9A2940 #799A29 #299A82

square

#4A299A #9A2940 #799A29 #299A82

split-complementary

#4A299A #9A8229 #409A29

monochromatic

#1C0F39 #331C6A #4A299A #6237CA #8767D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#4A299A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A299A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A299A

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A299A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A299A	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a299a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.171 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566b9',
    500: '#4a299a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a299a;
$custom-light: #8566b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a299a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.522,
    "s": 57.949,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39639,
    "c": 0.17143,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A299A

secondary

#A2BD62

accent

#E147B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A299A

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

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