#4A2AB2#4A2AB2

#4A2AB2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.199 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AB2
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 178)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 76.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.22, 49.40, -66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.22, 83.02, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.0506 -0.1922)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.199 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6854, 6.3254, 42.7160)
Luminance	0.0633 (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

#4A2AB2 #92B22A

analogous

#2A4EB2 #4A2AB2 #8E2AB2

triadic

#4A2AB2 #B24A2A #2AB24A

tetradic

#4A2AB2 #B22A4E #92B22A #2AB28E

square

#4A2AB2 #B22A4E #92B22A #2AB28E

split-complementary

#4A2AB2 #B28E2A #4EB22A

monochromatic

#21134F #351E80 #4A2AB2 #6746D3 #9077DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#4A2AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4A2AB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AB2

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AB2	1.00	9.27	2.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.199 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968ca',
    500: '#4a2ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ab2;
$custom-light: #8968ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42049,
    "c": 0.19877,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AB2

secondary

#B3C771

accent

#E543BF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AB2

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

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