#4A2C99#4A2C99

#4A2C99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.167 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2C99
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 153)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 71.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, 41.02, -54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 68.48, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% 0.0549 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.167 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4728, 5.5567, 30.7042)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2C99 #7B992C

analogous

#2C4499 #4A2C99 #802C99

triadic

#4A2C99 #994A2C #2C994A

tetradic

#4A2C99 #992C44 #7B992C #2C9980

square

#4A2C99 #992C44 #7B992C #2C9980

split-complementary

#4A2C99 #99802C #44992C

monochromatic

#1C113A #331E69 #4A2C99 #623BC7 #886BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#4A2C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4A2C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2C99

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2C99	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.167 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468b8',
    500: '#4a2c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2c99;
$custom-light: #8468b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.514,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39959,
    "c": 0.1667,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2C99

secondary

#A4BB66

accent

#DF49B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2C99

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

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