#4A2AA6#4A2AA6

#4A2AA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.185 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AA6
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 166)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 74.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, 45.91, -61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 76.68, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0537 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.185 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5329, 5.8644, 36.6459)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2AA6 #86A62A

analogous

#2A48A6 #4A2AA6 #882AA6

triadic

#4A2AA6 #A64A2A #2AA64A

tetradic

#4A2AA6 #A62A48 #86A62A #2AA688

square

#4A2AA6 #A62A48 #86A62A #2AA688

split-complementary

#4A2AA6 #A6882A #48A62A

monochromatic

#1E1144 #341E75 #4A2AA6 #643FCE #8B70DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4A2AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A2AA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AA6

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AA6	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.185 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767c2',
    500: '#4a2aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2aa6;
$custom-light: #8767c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4089,
    "c": 0.18468,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AA6

secondary

#ABC26A

accent

#E345BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AA6

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

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