#4A2AA1#4A2AA1

#4A2AA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.179 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AA1
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 161)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 73.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.60, 44.44, -59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.60, 73.99, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0549 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.179 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0831, 5.6845, 34.2772)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2AA1 #81A12A

analogous

#2A46A1 #4A2AA1 #852AA1

triadic

#4A2AA1 #A14A2A #2AA14A

tetradic

#4A2AA1 #A12A46 #81A12A #2AA185

square

#4A2AA1 #A12A46 #81A12A #2AA185

split-complementary

#4A2AA1 #A1852A #46A12A

monochromatic

#1D1140 #341D70 #4A2AA1 #633CCC #8A6DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4A2AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4A2AA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AA1

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AA1	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.179 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667be',
    500: '#4a2aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2aa1;
$custom-light: #8667be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.134,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4042,
    "c": 0.17872,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AA1

secondary

#A8C067

accent

#E246B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AA1

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

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