#4A2AB6#4A2AB6

#4A2AB6 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.203 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AB6
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 182)
HSL	hsl(254, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 76.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 50.56, -68.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 85.10, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.0495 -0.1973)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.203 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0929, 6.4884, 44.8621)
Luminance	0.0649 (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

#4A2AB6 #96B62A

analogous

#2A50B6 #4A2AB6 #902AB6

triadic

#4A2AB6 #B64A2A #2AB64A

tetradic

#4A2AB6 #B62A50 #96B62A #2AB690

square

#4A2AB6 #B62A50 #96B62A #2AB690

split-complementary

#4A2AB6 #B6902A #50B62A

monochromatic

#221353 #361F84 #4A2AB6 #6848D5 #917AE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#4A2AB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4A2AB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AB6

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AB6	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02526F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.203 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968cd',
    500: '#4a2ab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ab6;
$custom-light: #8968cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.714,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42443,
    "c": 0.20341,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AB6

secondary

#B5C873

accent

#E642C0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AB6

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

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