#4A2BA5#4A2BA5

#4A2BA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.182 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2BA5
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 73.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 45.09, -60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 75.59, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.0532 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.182 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4774, 5.8997, 36.1767)
Luminance	0.0590 (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

#4A2BA5 #86A52B

analogous

#2B49A5 #4A2BA5 #872BA5

triadic

#4A2BA5 #A54A2B #2BA54A

tetradic

#4A2BA5 #A52B49 #86A52B #2BA587

square

#4A2BA5 #A52B49 #86A52B #2BA587

split-complementary

#4A2BA5 #A5872B #49A52B

monochromatic

#1E1244 #341E74 #4A2BA5 #6440CD #8B71DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#4A2BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4A2BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2BA5

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2BA5	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.182 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c1',
    500: '#4a2ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ba5;
$custom-light: #8668c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.246,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40926,
    "c": 0.18241,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2BA5

secondary

#ABC16B

accent

#E246BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2BA5

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

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