#4A2AA5#4A2AA5

#4A2AA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.183 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AA5
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 165)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 74.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.97, 45.61, -60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.97, 76.14, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(40.8% 0.054 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(40.8% 0.183 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4415, 5.8278, 36.1647)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2AA5 #85A52A

analogous

#2A47A5 #4A2AA5 #872AA5

triadic

#4A2AA5 #A54A2A #2AA54A

tetradic

#4A2AA5 #A52A47 #85A52A #2AA587

square

#4A2AA5 #A52A47 #85A52A #2AA587

split-complementary

#4A2AA5 #A5872A #47A52A

monochromatic

#1E1143 #341E74 #4A2AA5 #643ECE #8B6FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4A2AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A2AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AA5

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AA5	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.183 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767c1',
    500: '#4a2aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2aa5;
$custom-light: #8767c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.61,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40796,
    "c": 0.18349,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AA5

secondary

#AAC169

accent

#E345BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AA5

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

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