#4A2BC8#4A2BC8

#4A2BC8 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.223 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2BC8
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 200)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(252, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 78.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 55.28, -75.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 93.81, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.37% 0.0438 -0.2187)
OKLCH	oklch(44.37% 0.223 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.1100, 7.3527, 55.3080)
Luminance	0.0735 (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

#4A2BC8 #A9C82B

analogous

#2B5BC8 #4A2BC8 #982BC8

triadic

#4A2BC8 #C84A2B #2BC84A

tetradic

#4A2BC8 #C82B5B #A9C82B #2BC898

square

#4A2BC8 #C82B5B #A9C82B #2BC898

split-complementary

#4A2BC8 #C8982B #5BC82B

monochromatic

#251563 #372096 #4A2BC8 #7056DB #9A88E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#4A2BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4A2BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2BC8

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2BC8	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.223 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69da',
    500: '#4a2bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2bc8;
$custom-light: #8d69da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.847,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4437,
    "c": 0.22304,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2BC8

secondary

#BFCF80

accent

#E840C7

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2BC8

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