#4A2AAA#4A2AAA

#4A2AAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.189 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AAA
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 170)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.45, 47.07, -63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.45, 78.81, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.27% 0.0527 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(41.27% 0.189 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9055, 6.0134, 38.6085)
Luminance	0.0601 (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

#4A2AAA #8AAA2A

analogous

#2A4AAA #4A2AAA #8A2AAA

triadic

#4A2AAA #AA4A2A #2AAA4A

tetradic

#4A2AAA #AA2A4A #8AAA2A #2AAA8A

square

#4A2AAA #AA2A4A #8AAA2A #2AAA8A

split-complementary

#4A2AAA #AA8A2A #4AAA2A

monochromatic

#1F1248 #351E79 #4A2AAA #6541D0 #8D72DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#4A2AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4A2AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AAA

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AAA	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.189 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767c4',
    500: '#4a2aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2aaa;
$custom-light: #8767c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41272,
    "c": 0.18941,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AAA

secondary

#AEC36C

accent

#E444BC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AAA

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

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