#4A29AE#4A29AE

#4A29AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.195 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A29AE
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 76.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.66, 48.74, -65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.66, 81.45, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.54% 0.0524 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(41.54% 0.195 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2546, 6.0970, 40.6200)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A29AE #8DAE29

analogous

#294BAE #4A29AE #8C29AE

triadic

#4A29AE #AE4A29 #29AE4A

tetradic

#4A29AE #AE294B #8DAE29 #29AE8C

square

#4A29AE #AE294B #8DAE29 #29AE8C

split-complementary

#4A29AE #AE8C29 #4BAE29

monochromatic

#20124B #351D7C #4A29AE #6642D2 #8E73DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#4A29AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4A29AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A29AE

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A29AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A29AE	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a29ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.195 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867c7',
    500: '#4a29ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a29ae;
$custom-light: #8867c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a29ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.887,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41536,
    "c": 0.1951,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A29AE

secondary

#B0C56D

accent

#E543BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A29AE

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

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