#4A2A8E#4A2A8E

#4A2A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.156 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2A8E
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.92, 38.90, -50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.92, 63.56, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.0589 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.156 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5331, 5.0645, 26.1139)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2A8E #6E8E2A

analogous

#2A3C8E #4A2A8E #7C2A8E

triadic

#4A2A8E #8E4A2A #2A8E4A

tetradic

#4A2A8E #8E2A3C #6E8E2A #2A8E7C

square

#4A2A8E #8E2A3C #6E8E2A #2A8E7C

split-complementary

#4A2A8E #8E7C2A #3C8E2A

monochromatic

#190E30 #311C5F #4A2A8E #6338BD #8562D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#4A2A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4A2A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2A8E

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2A8E	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.156 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366b0',
    500: '#4a2a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2a8e;
$custom-light: #8366b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38703,
    "c": 0.15556,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2A8E

secondary

#9AB65D

accent

#DE4AAE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2A8E

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

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