#4A2A63#4A2A63

#4A2A63 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.100 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2A63
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 99)
HSL	hsl(274, 40%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 58%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 57.6%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 26.84, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 38.87, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.36% 0.0617 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(35.36% 0.1 308)
XYZ	xyz(5.9037, 4.0127, 12.2655)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 8.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2A63 #43632A

analogous

#2D2A63 #4A2A63 #632A60

triadic

#4A2A63 #634A2A #2A634A

tetradic

#4A2A63 #632D2A #43632A #2A6063

square

#4A2A63 #632D2A #43632A #2A6063

split-complementary

#4A2A63 #60632A #2A632D

monochromatic

#100915 #2A1838 #4A2A63 #6A3C8E #8A52B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#4A2A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4A2A63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2A63

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2A63	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.100 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6590',
    500: '#4a2a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2a63;
$custom-light: #7e6590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.684,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35363,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.04013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2A63

secondary

#709553

accent

#D0588C

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2A63

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

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