#4A2BA0#4A2BA0

#4A2BA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.176 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2BA0
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 160)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 73.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 43.62, -58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 72.89, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.0543 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.176 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0312, 5.7212, 33.8266)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2BA0 #81A02B

analogous

#2B47A0 #4A2BA0 #842BA0

triadic

#4A2BA0 #A04A2B #2BA04A

tetradic

#4A2BA0 #A02B47 #81A02B #2BA084

square

#4A2BA0 #A02B47 #81A02B #2BA084

split-complementary

#4A2BA0 #A0842B #47A02B

monochromatic

#1D1140 #341E70 #4A2BA0 #633DCB #8A6ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#4A2BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4A2BA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2BA0

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2BA0	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.176 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667bd',
    500: '#4a2ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ba0;
$custom-light: #8667bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.897,
    "s": 57.635,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40459,
    "c": 0.17641,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2BA0

secondary

#A8BF68

accent

#E147B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2BA0

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