#4A2AA0#4A2AA0

#4A2AA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.178 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AA0
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 160)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 73.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 44.15, -58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 73.45, 306.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.0552 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.178 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9953, 5.6493, 33.8147)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2AA0 #80A02A

analogous

#2A45A0 #4A2AA0 #852AA0

triadic

#4A2AA0 #A04A2A #2AA04A

tetradic

#4A2AA0 #A02A45 #80A02A #2AA085

square

#4A2AA0 #A02A45 #80A02A #2AA085

split-complementary

#4A2AA0 #A0852A #45A02A

monochromatic

#1D113F #341D70 #4A2AA0 #633CCC #896CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4A2AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4A2AA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AA0

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AA0	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.178 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667bd',
    500: '#4a2aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2aa0;
$custom-light: #8667bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.271,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40326,
    "c": 0.17752,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AA0

secondary

#A7BF67

accent

#E246B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AA0

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

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