#4A2C8E#4A2C8E

#4A2C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.153 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2C8E
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.32, 37.78, -49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.32, 62.35, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.99% 0.0568 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(38.99% 0.153 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6058, 5.2099, 26.1381)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2C8E #708E2C

analogous

#2C3F8E #4A2C8E #7B2C8E

triadic

#4A2C8E #8E4A2C #2C8E4A

tetradic

#4A2C8E #8E2C3F #708E2C #2C8E7B

square

#4A2C8E #8E2C3F #708E2C #2C8E7B

split-complementary

#4A2C8E #8E7B2C #3F8E2C

monochromatic

#190F31 #321E5F #4A2C8E #623ABD #8665CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#4A2C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4A2C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2C8E

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2C8E	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.153 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367b0',
    500: '#4a2c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2c8e;
$custom-light: #8367b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.367,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38994,
    "c": 0.15298,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2C8E

secondary

#9CB660

accent

#DC4CB0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2C8E

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

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