#4A29A2#4A29A2

#4A29A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.181 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A29A2
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 162)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 45.25, -59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 75.08, 307.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.0555 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.181 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1366, 5.6498, 34.7318)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.88

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A29A2 #81A229

analogous

#2944A2 #4A29A2 #8729A2

triadic

#4A29A2 #A24A29 #29A24A

tetradic

#4A29A2 #A22944 #81A229 #29A287

square

#4A29A2 #A22944 #81A229 #29A287

split-complementary

#4A29A2 #A28729 #44A229

monochromatic

#1D1040 #341D71 #4A29A2 #633BCD #8A6CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4A29A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4A29A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A29A2

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A29A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A29A2	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a29a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.181 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666bf',
    500: '#4a29a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a29a2;
$custom-light: #8666bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a29a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40384,
    "c": 0.181,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A29A2

secondary

#A8C067

accent

#E345B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A29A2

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

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