#4A2AAD#4A2AAD

#4A2AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.193 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AAD
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 173)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 75.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 47.95, -64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 80.39, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% 0.0519 -0.1858)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.193 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.1925, 6.1282, 40.1202)
Luminance	0.0613 (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

#4A2AAD #8DAD2A

analogous

#2A4CAD #4A2AAD #8B2AAD

triadic

#4A2AAD #AD4A2A #2AAD4A

tetradic

#4A2AAD #AD2A4C #8DAD2A #2AAD8B

square

#4A2AAD #AD2A4C #8DAD2A #2AAD8B

split-complementary

#4A2AAD #AD8B2A #4CAD2A

monochromatic

#20124B #351E7C #4A2AAD #6643D1 #8E74DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#4A2AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4A2AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AAD

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AAD	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.193 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867c7',
    500: '#4a2aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2aad;
$custom-light: #8867c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.656,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41562,
    "c": 0.19294,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AAD

secondary

#B0C56E

accent

#E444BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AAD

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

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