#4A2B9D#4A2B9D

#4A2B9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.173 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2B9D
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 157)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 72.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 42.74, -57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 71.25, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.055 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.173 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7719, 5.6175, 32.4611)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2B9D #7E9D2B

analogous

#2B459D #4A2B9D #832B9D

triadic

#4A2B9D #9D4A2B #2B9D4A

tetradic

#4A2B9D #9D2B45 #7E9D2B #2B9D83

square

#4A2B9D #9D2B45 #7E9D2B #2B9D83

split-complementary

#4A2B9D #9D832B #459D2B

monochromatic

#1D113D #331E6D #4A2B9D #623CCA #896CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4A2B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4A2B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2B9D

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2B9D	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.173 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567bb',
    500: '#4a2b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2b9d;
$custom-light: #8567bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.316,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40183,
    "c": 0.17277,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2B9D

secondary

#A6BD66

accent

#E048B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2B9D

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

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