#4A2C9D#4A2C9D

#4A2C9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.172 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2C9D
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 157)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 72%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, 42.20, -56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 70.68, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.32% 0.0541 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(40.32% 0.172 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8087, 5.6911, 32.4734)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2C9D #7F9D2C

analogous

#2C479D #4A2C9D #832C9D

triadic

#4A2C9D #9D4A2C #2C9D4A

tetradic

#4A2C9D #9D2C47 #7F9D2C #2C9D83

square

#4A2C9D #9D2C47 #7F9D2C #2C9D83

split-complementary

#4A2C9D #9D832C #479D2C

monochromatic

#1D113D #331F6D #4A2C9D #623DC9 #896DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#4A2C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4A2C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2C9D

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2C9D	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.172 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568bb',
    500: '#4a2c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2c9d;
$custom-light: #8568bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.929,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4032,
    "c": 0.17161,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2C9D

secondary

#A6BD68

accent

#E048B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2C9D

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

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