#4A2AAE#4A2AAE

#4A2AAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.194 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AAE
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 75.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 48.24, -64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 80.92, 306.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.0517 -0.1871)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.194 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2897, 6.1671, 40.6317)
Luminance	0.0617 (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

#4A2AAE #8EAE2A

analogous

#2A4CAE #4A2AAE #8C2AAE

triadic

#4A2AAE #AE4A2A #2AAE4A

tetradic

#4A2AAE #AE2A4C #8EAE2A #2AAE8C

square

#4A2AAE #AE2A4C #8EAE2A #2AAE8C

split-complementary

#4A2AAE #AE8C2A #4CAE2A

monochromatic

#20124B #351E7D #4A2AAE #6643D2 #8E75DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4A2AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4A2AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AAE

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AAE	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.194 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867c7',
    500: '#4a2aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2aae;
$custom-light: #8867c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41658,
    "c": 0.1941,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AAE

secondary

#B0C56F

accent

#E444BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AAE

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

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