#4A2AA9#4A2AA9

#4A2AA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.188 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AA9
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.35, 46.78, -62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.35, 78.28, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% 0.053 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.188 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8113, 5.9757, 38.1122)
Luminance	0.0598 (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

#4A2AA9 #89A92A

analogous

#2A4AA9 #4A2AA9 #8A2AA9

triadic

#4A2AA9 #A94A2A #2AA94A

tetradic

#4A2AA9 #A92A4A #89A92A #2AA98A

square

#4A2AA9 #A92A4A #89A92A #2AA98A

split-complementary

#4A2AA9 #A98A2A #4AA92A

monochromatic

#1F1247 #351E78 #4A2AA9 #6541D0 #8C72DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#4A2AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4A2AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AA9

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AA9	1.00	9.57	2.20	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.188 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767c4',
    500: '#4a2aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2aa9;
$custom-light: #8767c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.118,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41176,
    "c": 0.18823,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AA9

secondary

#ADC36C

accent

#E344BB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AA9

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

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