#4A2BA3#4A2BA3

#4A2BA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.180 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2BA3
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 163)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 73.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.97, 44.51, -59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.97, 74.51, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0536 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.18 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2968, 5.8274, 35.2255)
Luminance	0.0583 (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

#4A2BA3 #84A32B

analogous

#2B48A3 #4A2BA3 #862BA3

triadic

#4A2BA3 #A34A2B #2BA34A

tetradic

#4A2BA3 #A32B48 #84A32B #2BA386

square

#4A2BA3 #A32B48 #84A32B #2BA386

split-complementary

#4A2BA3 #A3862B #48A32B

monochromatic

#1E1142 #341E73 #4A2BA3 #633FCC #8B6FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4A2BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A2BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2BA3

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2BA3	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.180 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668bf',
    500: '#4a2ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ba3;
$custom-light: #8668bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.5,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40738,
    "c": 0.18002,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2BA3

secondary

#AAC06A

accent

#E146B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2BA3

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

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