#4A2C98#4A2C98

#4A2C98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.165 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2C98
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 152)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 71.1%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 40.73, -54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 67.93, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% 0.0551 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.165 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3906, 5.5238, 30.2711)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2C98 #7A982C

analogous

#2C4498 #4A2C98 #802C98

triadic

#4A2C98 #984A2C #2C984A

tetradic

#4A2C98 #982C44 #7A982C #2C9880

square

#4A2C98 #982C44 #7A982C #2C9880

split-complementary

#4A2C98 #98802C #44982C

monochromatic

#1C1139 #331E69 #4A2C98 #623BC6 #886AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#4A2C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4A2C98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2C98

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2C98	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.165 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468b7',
    500: '#4a2c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2c98;
$custom-light: #8468b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3987,
    "c": 0.16546,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2C98

secondary

#A3BB65

accent

#DE49B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2C98

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

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