#4A2BC9#4A2BC9

#4A2BC9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.224 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2BC9
RGB	rgb(74, 43, 201)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(252, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 78.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.70, 55.57, -76.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.70, 94.31, 306.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% 0.0436 -0.2199)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.224 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2272, 7.3996, 55.9255)
Luminance	0.0740 (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

#4A2BC9 #AAC92B

analogous

#2B5BC9 #4A2BC9 #992BC9

triadic

#4A2BC9 #C94A2B #2BC94A

tetradic

#4A2BC9 #C92B5B #AAC92B #2BC999

square

#4A2BC9 #C92B5B #AAC92B #2BC999

split-complementary

#4A2BC9 #C9992B #5BC92B

monochromatic

#251564 #372097 #4A2BC9 #7056DB #9B89E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#4A2BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4A2BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2BC9

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2BC9	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 43, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.224 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69db',
    500: '#4a2bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2bc9;
$custom-light: #8d69db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.772,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44473,
    "c": 0.22417,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2BC9

secondary

#C0CF80

accent

#E840C7

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2BC9

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

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