#4A299C#4A299C

#4A299C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.174 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A299C
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 156)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 73.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.96, 43.51, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.96, 71.84, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.82% 0.0569 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(39.82% 0.174 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6160, 5.4416, 31.9897)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A299C #7B9C29

analogous

#29419C #4A299C #83299C

triadic

#4A299C #9C4A29 #299C4A

tetradic

#4A299C #9C2941 #7B9C29 #299C83

square

#4A299C #9C2941 #7B9C29 #299C83

split-complementary

#4A299C #9C8329 #419C29

monochromatic

#1C103B #331C6C #4A299C #6238CB #8868D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#4A299C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4A299C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A299C

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A299C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A299C	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a299c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.174 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566ba',
    500: '#4a299c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a299c;
$custom-light: #8566ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a299c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.217,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39823,
    "c": 0.17384,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A299C

secondary

#A4BE63

accent

#E246B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A299C

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

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