#4A2C8A#4A2C8A

#4A2C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.148 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2C8A
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 36.60, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 60.09, 307.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% 0.0574 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.148 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3109, 5.0919, 24.5848)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2C8A #6C8A2C

analogous

#2C3D8A #4A2C8A #792C8A

triadic

#4A2C8A #8A4A2C #2C8A4A

tetradic

#4A2C8A #8A2C3D #6C8A2C #2C8A79

square

#4A2C8A #8A2C3D #6C8A2C #2C8A79

split-complementary

#4A2C8A #8A792C #3D8A2C

monochromatic

#180E2D #311D5C #4A2C8A #633BB8 #8563CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#4A2C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4A2C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2C8A

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2C8A	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.148 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8267ad',
    500: '#4a2c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2c8a;
$custom-light: #8267ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38654,
    "c": 0.14791,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2C8A

secondary

#98B45E

accent

#DB4DAE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2C8A

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

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