#4A2C8B#4A2C8B

#4A2C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.149 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2C8B
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.08, 36.89, -48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.08, 60.66, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0572 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.149 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3836, 5.1210, 24.9678)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2C8B #6D8B2C

analogous

#2C3D8B #4A2C8B #792C8B

triadic

#4A2C8B #8B4A2C #2C8B4A

tetradic

#4A2C8B #8B2C3D #6D8B2C #2C8B79

square

#4A2C8B #8B2C3D #6D8B2C #2C8B79

split-complementary

#4A2C8B #8B792C #3D8B2C

monochromatic

#190F2E #311D5D #4A2C8B #633BB9 #8564CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#4A2C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4A2C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2C8B

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2C8B	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.149 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8267ae',
    500: '#4a2c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2c8b;
$custom-light: #8267ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38739,
    "c": 0.14918,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2C8B

secondary

#99B45F

accent

#DB4CAE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2C8B

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

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