#4A2AB3#4A2AB3

#4A2AB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.200 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AB3
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 179)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 76.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 49.69, -67.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 83.54, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.0503 -0.1935)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.2 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7862, 6.3657, 43.2467)
Luminance	0.0637 (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

#4A2AB3 #93B32A

analogous

#2A4EB3 #4A2AB3 #8E2AB3

triadic

#4A2AB3 #B34A2A #2AB34A

tetradic

#4A2AB3 #B32A4E #93B32A #2AB38E

square

#4A2AB3 #B32A4E #93B32A #2AB38E

split-complementary

#4A2AB3 #B38E2A #4EB32A

monochromatic

#211350 #361E81 #4A2AB3 #6746D4 #9078DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4A2AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4A2AB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AB3

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AB3	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.200 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968cb',
    500: '#4a2ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ab3;
$custom-light: #8968cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.015,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42147,
    "c": 0.19993,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AB3

secondary

#B3C772

accent

#E543BF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AB3

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

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