#4A299B#4A299B

#4A299B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.173 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A299B
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 155)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 73.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.87, 43.22, -56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.87, 71.30, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.73% 0.0572 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(39.73% 0.173 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5317, 5.4079, 31.5456)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A299B #7A9B29

analogous

#29419B #4A299B #83299B

triadic

#4A299B #9B4A29 #299B4A

tetradic

#4A299B #9B2941 #7A9B29 #299B83

square

#4A299B #9B2941 #7A9B29 #299B83

split-complementary

#4A299B #9B8329 #419B29

monochromatic

#1C0F3A #331C6B #4A299B #6237CA #8867D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4A299B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A299B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A299B

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A299B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A299B	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a299b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.173 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566b9',
    500: '#4a299b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a299b;
$custom-light: #8566b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a299b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39731,
    "c": 0.17264,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A299B

secondary

#A3BD63

accent

#E146B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A299B

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

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