#4A2BAA#4A2BAA

#4A2BAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.188 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2BAA
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 170)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 74.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.63, 46.56, -62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.63, 78.26, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.4% 0.0519 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(41.4% 0.188 286)
XYZ	xyz(10.9414, 6.0853, 38.6204)
Luminance	0.0609 (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

#4A2BAA #8BAA2B

analogous

#2B4CAA #4A2BAA #8A2BAA

triadic

#4A2BAA #AA4A2B #2BAA4A

tetradic

#4A2BAA #AA2B4C #8BAA2B #2BAA8A

square

#4A2BAA #AA2B4C #8BAA2B #2BAA8A

split-complementary

#4A2BAA #AA8A2B #4CAA2B

monochromatic

#1F1248 #351F79 #4A2BAA #6543CF #8D74DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#4A2BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4A2BAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2BAA

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2BAA	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.188 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768c4',
    500: '#4a2baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2baa;
$custom-light: #8768c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.646,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41399,
    "c": 0.18837,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.06086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2BAA

secondary

#AEC36E

accent

#E345BC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2BAA

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

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