#4A2AC3#4A2AC3

#4A2AC3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.218 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AC3
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 195)
HSL	hsl(253, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(253, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 78.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.92, 54.31, -73.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.92, 91.77, 306.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% 0.0458 -0.2134)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.218 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4993, 7.0509, 52.2688)
Luminance	0.0705 (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

#4A2AC3 #A3C32A

analogous

#2A57C3 #4A2AC3 #972AC3

triadic

#4A2AC3 #C34A2A #2AC34A

tetradic

#4A2AC3 #C32A57 #A3C32A #2AC397

square

#4A2AC3 #C32A57 #A3C32A #2AC397

split-complementary

#4A2AC3 #C3972A #57C32A

monochromatic

#24145E #371F91 #4A2AC3 #6D51D9 #9783E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#4A2AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4A2AC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AC3

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AC3	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.218 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69d7',
    500: '#4a2ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ac3;
$custom-light: #8c69d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.549,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43749,
    "c": 0.21826,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AC3

secondary

#BCCD7B

accent

#E840C5

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0D0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AC3

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

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