#4A2AC9#4A2AC9

#4A2AC9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.225 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2AC9
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 201)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(252, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 79.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.54, 56.02, -76.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.54, 94.79, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(44.36% 0.0441 -0.2206)
OKLCH	oklch(44.36% 0.225 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.1913, 7.3277, 55.9136)
Luminance	0.0733 (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

#4A2AC9 #A9C92A

analogous

#2A5AC9 #4A2AC9 #992AC9

triadic

#4A2AC9 #C94A2A #2AC94A

tetradic

#4A2AC9 #C92A5A #A9C92A #2AC999

square

#4A2AC9 #C92A5A #A9C92A #2AC999

split-complementary

#4A2AC9 #C9992A #5AC92A

monochromatic

#251564 #371F96 #4A2AC9 #7055DB #9A87E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#4A2AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4A2AC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2AC9

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2AC9	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.225 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69db',
    500: '#4a2ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ac9;
$custom-light: #8d69db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.075,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44363,
    "c": 0.22501,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2AC9

secondary

#BFD07F

accent

#E83FC6

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2AC9

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

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