#4A2B9E#4A2B9E

#4A2B9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.174 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2B9E
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 158)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 72.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.52, 43.04, -57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.52, 71.80, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% 0.0547 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.174 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8577, 5.6518, 32.9126)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2B9E #7F9E2B

analogous

#2B469E #4A2B9E #842B9E

triadic

#4A2B9E #9E4A2B #2B9E4A

tetradic

#4A2B9E #9E2B46 #7F9E2B #2B9E84

square

#4A2B9E #9E2B46 #7F9E2B #2B9E84

split-complementary

#4A2B9E #9E842B #469E2B

monochromatic

#1D113E #331E6E #4A2B9E #623CCA #896CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4A2B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4A2B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2B9E

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2B9E	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.174 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567bc',
    500: '#4a2b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2b9e;
$custom-light: #8567bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.174,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40275,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2B9E

secondary

#A6BE67

accent

#E047B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2B9E

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

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