#4A29BA#4A29BA

#4A29BA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.209 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A29BA
RGB	rgb(74, 41, 186)
HSL	hsl(254, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 78%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 52.19, -70.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 87.67, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.049 -0.2031)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.209 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4772, 6.5861, 47.0586)
Luminance	0.0659 (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

#4A29BA #99BA29

analogous

#2951BA #4A29BA #9329BA

triadic

#4A29BA #BA4A29 #29BA4A

tetradic

#4A29BA #BA2951 #99BA29 #29BA93

square

#4A29BA #BA2951 #99BA29 #29BA93

split-complementary

#4A29BA #BA9329 #51BA29

monochromatic

#221356 #361E88 #4A29BA #6A49D7 #937BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#4A29BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4A29BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A29BA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A29BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A29BA	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a29ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 41, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.209 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68d0',
    500: '#4a29ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a29ba;
$custom-light: #8a68d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a29ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.655,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42725,
    "c": 0.20891,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A29BA

secondary

#B7CA75

accent

#E741C1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A29BA

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

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