#4A2ACA#4A2ACA

#4A2ACA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.226 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2ACA
RGB	rgb(74, 42, 202)
HSL	hsl(252, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(252, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 79.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.65, 56.31, -76.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.65, 95.29, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% 0.0438 -0.2218)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.226 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3093, 7.3750, 56.5351)
Luminance	0.0738 (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

#4A2ACA #AACA2A

analogous

#2A5ACA #4A2ACA #9A2ACA

triadic

#4A2ACA #CA4A2A #2ACA4A

tetradic

#4A2ACA #CA2A5A #AACA2A #2ACA9A

square

#4A2ACA #CA2A5A #AACA2A #2ACA9A

split-complementary

#4A2ACA #CA9A2A #5ACA2A

monochromatic

#251565 #371F97 #4A2ACA #7055DC #9B88E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#4A2ACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4A2ACA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2ACA

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2ACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2ACA	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2aca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 42, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.226 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69dc',
    500: '#4a2aca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2aca;
$custom-light: #8d69dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2aca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44466,
    "c": 0.22613,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2ACA

secondary

#C0D080

accent

#E93FC7

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2ACA

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

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