#4A2AA4#4A2AA4

#4A2AA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.182 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AA4
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.88, 45.32, -60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.88, 75.60, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.0542 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.182 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3509, 5.7916, 35.6872)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.52

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2AA4 #84A42A

analogous

#2A47A4 #4A2AA4 #872AA4

triadic

#4A2AA4 #A44A2A #2AA44A

tetradic

#4A2AA4 #A42A47 #84A42A #2AA487

square

#4A2AA4 #A42A47 #84A42A #2AA487

split-complementary

#4A2AA4 #A4872A #47A42A

monochromatic

#1E1143 #341E73 #4A2AA4 #633ECD #8B6EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#4A2AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4A2AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AA4

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AA4	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.182 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667c0',
    500: '#4a2aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2aa4;
$custom-light: #8667c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.738,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40701,
    "c": 0.1823,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AA4

secondary

#AAC169

accent

#E245B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AA4

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

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