#4A2A8D#4A2A8D

#4A2A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.154 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2A8D
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 70.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.83, 38.60, -49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.83, 63.00, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% 0.059 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.154 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4584, 5.0346, 25.7202)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2A8D #6D8D2A

analogous

#2A3B8D #4A2A8D #7B2A8D

triadic

#4A2A8D #8D4A2A #2A8D4A

tetradic

#4A2A8D #8D2A3B #6D8D2A #2A8D7B

square

#4A2A8D #8D2A3B #6D8D2A #2A8D7B

split-complementary

#4A2A8D #8D7B2A #3B8D2A

monochromatic

#190E2F #311C5E #4A2A8D #6338BC #8561D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#4A2A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4A2A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2A8D

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2A8D	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.154 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366af',
    500: '#4a2a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2a8d;
$custom-light: #8366af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.394,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38616,
    "c": 0.15431,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2A8D

secondary

#99B65D

accent

#DD4AAE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2A8D

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

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