#4A299E#4A299E

#4A299E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.176 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A299E
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 158)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.14, 44.09, -58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.14, 72.93, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(40.01% 0.0565 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(40.01% 0.176 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7867, 5.5099, 32.8890)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A299E #7D9E29

analogous

#29439E #4A299E #85299E

triadic

#4A299E #9E4A29 #299E4A

tetradic

#4A299E #9E2943 #7D9E29 #299E85

square

#4A299E #9E2943 #7D9E29 #299E85

split-complementary

#4A299E #9E8529 #439E29

monochromatic

#1C103D #331C6D #4A299E #6239CC #8969D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#4A299E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4A299E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A299E

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A299E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A299E	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a299e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.176 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566bc',
    500: '#4a299e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a299e;
$custom-light: #8566bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a299e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.923,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40009,
    "c": 0.17623,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A299E

secondary

#A5BF64

accent

#E246B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A299E

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

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