#4A2AC2#4A2AC2

#4A2AC2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.217 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AC2
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 194)
HSL	hsl(253, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(253, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 78.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 54.02, -73.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 91.26, 306.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.0461 -0.2122)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.217 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3866, 7.0059, 51.6753)
Luminance	0.0701 (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

#4A2AC2 #A2C22A

analogous

#2A56C2 #4A2AC2 #962AC2

triadic

#4A2AC2 #C24A2A #2AC24A

tetradic

#4A2AC2 #C22A56 #A2C22A #2AC296

square

#4A2AC2 #C22A56 #A2C22A #2AC296

split-complementary

#4A2AC2 #C2962A #56C22A

monochromatic

#24145D #371F90 #4A2AC2 #6D50D9 #9782E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#4A2AC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4A2AC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AC2

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AC2	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.217 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69d6',
    500: '#4a2ac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ac2;
$custom-light: #8c69d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43647,
    "c": 0.21713,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AC2

secondary

#BCCD7B

accent

#E740C4

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AC2

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

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