#4A2BA2#4A2BA2

#4A2BA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.179 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2BA2
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 162)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 73.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.88, 44.21, -59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.88, 73.97, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.0538 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.179 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2076, 5.7917, 34.7555)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2BA2 #83A22B

analogous

#2B48A2 #4A2BA2 #852BA2

triadic

#4A2BA2 #A24A2B #2BA24A

tetradic

#4A2BA2 #A22B48 #83A22B #2BA285

square

#4A2BA2 #A22B48 #83A22B #2BA285

split-complementary

#4A2BA2 #A2852B #48A22B

monochromatic

#1E1141 #341E72 #4A2BA2 #633ECC #8A6FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#4A2BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4A2BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2BA2

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2BA2	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.179 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667bf',
    500: '#4a2ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ba2;
$custom-light: #8667bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.63,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40645,
    "c": 0.17882,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2BA2

secondary

#A9C069

accent

#E147B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2BA2

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

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