#4A2BAD#4A2BAD

#4A2BAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.192 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2BAD
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 173)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 75.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.91, 47.44, -64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.91, 79.86, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.0512 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.192 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2285, 6.2001, 40.1321)
Luminance	0.0620 (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

#4A2BAD #8EAD2B

analogous

#2B4DAD #4A2BAD #8B2BAD

triadic

#4A2BAD #AD4A2B #2BAD4A

tetradic

#4A2BAD #AD2B4D #8EAD2B #2BAD8B

square

#4A2BAD #AD2B4D #8EAD2B #2BAD8B

split-complementary

#4A2BAD #AD8B2B #4DAD2B

monochromatic

#20134B #351F7C #4A2BAD #6645D1 #8E76DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4A2BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4A2BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2BAD

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2BAD	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#184F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.192 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868c7',
    500: '#4a2bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2bad;
$custom-light: #8868c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.308,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41687,
    "c": 0.19192,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2BAD

secondary

#B0C46F

accent

#E344BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2BAD

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

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