#4A2BAB#4A2BAB

#4A2BAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.190 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2BAB
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 171)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 74.9%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.72, 46.86, -63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.72, 78.80, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% 0.0517 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.19 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.0364, 6.1232, 39.1205)
Luminance	0.0612 (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

#4A2BAB #8CAB2B

analogous

#2B4CAB #4A2BAB #8A2BAB

triadic

#4A2BAB #AB4A2B #2BAB4A

tetradic

#4A2BAB #AB2B4C #8CAB2B #2BAB8A

square

#4A2BAB #AB2B4C #8CAB2B #2BAB8A

split-complementary

#4A2BAB #AB8A2B #4CAB2B

monochromatic

#201249 #351F7A #4A2BAB #6543D0 #8D74DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#4A2BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4A2BAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2BAB

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2BAB	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.190 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768c5',
    500: '#4a2bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2bab;
$custom-light: #8768c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.531,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41495,
    "c": 0.18955,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2BAB

secondary

#AFC46E

accent

#E345BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2BAB

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

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