#4A2AA2#4A2AA2

#4A2AA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.180 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AA2
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.69, 44.74, -59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.69, 74.53, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0547 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.18 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1717, 5.7199, 34.7435)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.75

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2AA2 #82A22A

analogous

#2A46A2 #4A2AA2 #862AA2

triadic

#4A2AA2 #A24A2A #2AA24A

tetradic

#4A2AA2 #A22A46 #82A22A #2AA286

square

#4A2AA2 #A22A46 #82A22A #2AA286

split-complementary

#4A2AA2 #A2862A #46A22A

monochromatic

#1E1141 #341D71 #4A2AA2 #633DCD #8A6DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#4A2AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4A2AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AA2

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AA2	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.180 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667bf',
    500: '#4a2aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2aa2;
$custom-light: #8667bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40513,
    "c": 0.17992,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AA2

secondary

#A8C068

accent

#E246B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AA2

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

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