#4A2B8E#4A2B8E

#4A2B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.154 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2B8E
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.12, 38.34, -49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.12, 62.96, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0578 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.154 292)
XYZ	xyz(8.5690, 5.1363, 26.1259)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2B8E #6F8E2B

analogous

#2B3E8E #4A2B8E #7C2B8E

triadic

#4A2B8E #8E4A2B #2B8E4A

tetradic

#4A2B8E #8E2B3E #6F8E2B #2B8E7C

square

#4A2B8E #8E2B3E #6F8E2B #2B8E7C

split-complementary

#4A2B8E #8E7C2B #3E8E2B

monochromatic

#190F30 #321D5F #4A2B8E #6239BD #8563D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#4A2B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4A2B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2B8E

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2B8E	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.154 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367b0',
    500: '#4a2b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2b8e;
$custom-light: #8367b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.788,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38847,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.05137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2B8E

secondary

#9BB65F

accent

#DD4BAF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2B8E

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

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