#4A2B8D#4A2B8D

#4A2B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.153 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2B8D
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 69.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.04, 38.05, -49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.04, 62.39, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.76% 0.058 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(38.76% 0.153 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4943, 5.1064, 25.7322)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2B8D #6E8D2B

analogous

#2B3D8D #4A2B8D #7B2B8D

triadic

#4A2B8D #8D4A2B #2B8D4A

tetradic

#4A2B8D #8D2B3D #6E8D2B #2B8D7B

square

#4A2B8D #8D2B3D #6E8D2B #2B8D7B

split-complementary

#4A2B8D #8D7B2B #3D8D2B

monochromatic

#190E2F #311D5E #4A2B8D #6339BC #8563CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#4A2B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4A2B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2B8D

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2B8D	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.153 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367af',
    500: '#4a2b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2b8d;
$custom-light: #8367af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.98,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38761,
    "c": 0.15303,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2B8D

secondary

#9AB65E

accent

#DD4BAF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2B8D

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

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