#4A2B9C#4A2B9C

#4A2B9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.172 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2B9C
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 156)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.34, 42.45, -56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.34, 70.71, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0552 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.172 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6869, 5.5835, 32.0133)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2B9C #7D9C2B

analogous

#2B459C #4A2B9C #832B9C

triadic

#4A2B9C #9C4A2B #2B9C4A

tetradic

#4A2B9C #9C2B45 #7D9C2B #2B9C83

square

#4A2B9C #9C2B45 #7D9C2B #2B9C83

split-complementary

#4A2B9C #9C832B #459C2B

monochromatic

#1C113C #331E6C #4A2B9C #623BC9 #896BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#4A2B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4A2B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2B9C

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2B9C	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.172 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567ba',
    500: '#4a2b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2b9c;
$custom-light: #8567ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.46,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40092,
    "c": 0.17155,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2B9C

secondary

#A5BD66

accent

#E048B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2B9C

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

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