#4A299D#4A299D

#4A299D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.175 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A299D
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 157)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 73.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.05, 43.80, -57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.05, 72.38, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% 0.0567 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.175 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7010, 5.4756, 32.4375)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A299D #7C9D29

analogous

#29429D #4A299D #84299D

triadic

#4A299D #9D4A29 #299D4A

tetradic

#4A299D #9D2942 #7C9D29 #299D84

square

#4A299D #9D2942 #7C9D29 #299D84

split-complementary

#4A299D #9D8429 #429D29

monochromatic

#1C103C #331C6C #4A299D #6238CB #8869D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#4A299D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4A299D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A299D

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A299D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A299D	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a299d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.175 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566bb',
    500: '#4a299d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a299d;
$custom-light: #8566bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a299d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.069,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39916,
    "c": 0.17504,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A299D

secondary

#A4BE64

accent

#E246B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A299D

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

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