#4A2AA3#4A2AA3

#4A2AA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.181 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AA3
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 163)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 74.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.79, 45.03, -60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.79, 75.07, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.0544 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.181 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2609, 5.7556, 35.2135)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.63

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2AA3 #83A32A

analogous

#2A46A3 #4A2AA3 #862AA3

triadic

#4A2AA3 #A34A2A #2AA34A

tetradic

#4A2AA3 #A32A46 #83A32A #2AA386

square

#4A2AA3 #A32A46 #83A32A #2AA386

split-complementary

#4A2AA3 #A3862A #46A32A

monochromatic

#1E1142 #341D72 #4A2AA3 #633DCD #8A6EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#4A2AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4A2AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AA3

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AA3	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.181 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667bf',
    500: '#4a2aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2aa3;
$custom-light: #8667bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.868,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40607,
    "c": 0.18111,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AA3

secondary

#A9C068

accent

#E246B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AA3

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

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