#4A2A84#4A2A84

#4A2A84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.143 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2A84
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 132)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 36.00, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 57.93, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.0604 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.143 295)
XYZ	xyz(7.8158, 4.7775, 22.3357)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.77

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2A84 #64842A

analogous

#2A3784 #4A2A84 #772A84

triadic

#4A2A84 #844A2A #2A844A

tetradic

#4A2A84 #842A37 #64842A #2A8477

square

#4A2A84 #842A37 #64842A #2A8477

split-complementary

#4A2A84 #84772A #37842A

monochromatic

#160C27 #301B56 #4A2A84 #6439B2 #845DCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#4A2A84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4A2A84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2A84

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2A84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2A84	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2a84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.143 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266a8',
    500: '#4a2a84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2a84;
$custom-light: #8266a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2a84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.333,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37851,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2A84

secondary

#92B159

accent

#DB4DA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2A84

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