#4A2A97#4A2A97

#4A2A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.167 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2A97
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 151)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 72.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.70, 41.52, -54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.70, 68.54, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% 0.0571 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.167 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2363, 5.3458, 29.8173)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2A97 #77972A

analogous

#2A4097 #4A2A97 #812A97

triadic

#4A2A97 #974A2A #2A974A

tetradic

#4A2A97 #972A40 #77972A #2A9781

square

#4A2A97 #972A40 #77972A #2A9781

split-complementary

#4A2A97 #97812A #40972A

monochromatic

#1B0F37 #331D67 #4A2A97 #6137C7 #8767D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#4A2A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4A2A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2A97

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2A97	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.167 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466b7',
    500: '#4a2a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2a97;
$custom-light: #8466b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.615,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39501,
    "c": 0.16663,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2A97

secondary

#A1BB62

accent

#E048B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2A97

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

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