#4A2C8D#4A2C8D

#4A2C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.152 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2C8D
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 68.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.24, 37.48, -49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.24, 61.79, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% 0.0569 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.152 292)
XYZ	xyz(8.5311, 5.1800, 25.7445)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2C8D #6F8D2C

analogous

#2C3F8D #4A2C8D #7B2C8D

triadic

#4A2C8D #8D4A2C #2C8D4A

tetradic

#4A2C8D #8D2C3F #6F8D2C #2C8D7B

square

#4A2C8D #8D2C3F #6F8D2C #2C8D7B

split-complementary

#4A2C8D #8D7B2C #3F8D2C

monochromatic

#190F30 #321D5E #4A2C8D #623BBC #8565CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#4A2C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4A2C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2C8D

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2C8D	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.152 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367af',
    500: '#4a2c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2c8d;
$custom-light: #8367af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.557,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38909,
    "c": 0.15171,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.0518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2C8D

secondary

#9BB560

accent

#DC4CAF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2C8D

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

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