#4A2A82#4A2A82

#4A2A82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.140 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2A82
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 130)
HSL	hsl(262, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 68%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 67.7%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 35.42, -44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 56.79, 308.59°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0607 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.14 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6802, 4.7233, 21.6218)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.65

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2A82 #62822A

analogous

#2A3682 #4A2A82 #762A82

triadic

#4A2A82 #824A2A #2A824A

tetradic

#4A2A82 #822A36 #62822A #2A8276

square

#4A2A82 #822A36 #62822A #2A8276

split-complementary

#4A2A82 #82762A #36822A

monochromatic

#150C25 #301B54 #4A2A82 #6439B0 #845CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#4A2A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4A2A82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2A82

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2A82	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.140 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166a7',
    500: '#4a2a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2a82;
$custom-light: #8166a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 51.163,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37686,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2A82

secondary

#90B058

accent

#DB4DA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2A82

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