#4A29A4#4A29A4

#4A29A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.183 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A29A4
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 164)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 75%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 45.84, -60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 76.15, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.57% 0.055 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(40.57% 0.183 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3158, 5.7215, 35.6756)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.66

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A29A4 #83A429

analogous

#2945A4 #4A29A4 #8829A4

triadic

#4A29A4 #A44A29 #29A44A

tetradic

#4A29A4 #A42945 #83A429 #29A488

square

#4A29A4 #A42945 #83A429 #29A488

split-complementary

#4A29A4 #A48829 #45A429

monochromatic

#1E1142 #341D73 #4A29A4 #633CCE #8A6DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#4A29A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4A29A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A29A4

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A29A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A29A4	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a29a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.183 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666c0',
    500: '#4a29a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a29a4;
$custom-light: #8666c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a29a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.098,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40573,
    "c": 0.18337,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A29A4

secondary

#A9C168

accent

#E345B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A29A4

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

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