#4A2BAE#4A2BAE

#4A2BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.193 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2BAE
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.01, 47.74, -64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.01, 80.39, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.0509 -0.1863)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.193 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3256, 6.2389, 40.6436)
Luminance	0.0624 (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

#4A2BAE #8FAE2B

analogous

#2B4EAE #4A2BAE #8B2BAE

triadic

#4A2BAE #AE4A2B #2BAE4A

tetradic

#4A2BAE #AE2B4E #8FAE2B #2BAE8B

square

#4A2BAE #AE2B4E #8FAE2B #2BAE8B

split-complementary

#4A2BAE #AE8B2B #4EAE2B

monochromatic

#20134C #351F7D #4A2BAE #6645D1 #8F76DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4A2BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4A2BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2BAE

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2BAE	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.193 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868c7',
    500: '#4a2bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2bae;
$custom-light: #8868c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.198,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41783,
    "c": 0.1931,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2BAE

secondary

#B1C570

accent

#E444BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2BAE

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

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