#4A2CA0#4A2CA0

#4A2CA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.175 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CA0
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 160)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.89, 43.09, -58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.89, 72.32, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.0534 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.175 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0680, 5.7948, 33.8389)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2CA0 #82A02C

analogous

#2C48A0 #4A2CA0 #842CA0

triadic

#4A2CA0 #A04A2C #2CA04A

tetradic

#4A2CA0 #A02C48 #82A02C #2CA084

square

#4A2CA0 #A02C48 #82A02C #2CA084

split-complementary

#4A2CA0 #A0842C #48A02C

monochromatic

#1E1240 #341F70 #4A2CA0 #633FCA #8A6FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#4A2CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4A2CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CA0

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CA0	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.175 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668bd',
    500: '#4a2ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ca0;
$custom-light: #8668bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.517,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40595,
    "c": 0.17527,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CA0

secondary

#A8BF69

accent

#E048B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CA0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →