#4A2CA1#4A2CA1

#4A2CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.176 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CA1
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 72.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 43.39, -58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 72.86, 306.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0532 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.176 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.1558, 5.8299, 34.3015)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2CA1 #83A12C

analogous

#2C48A1 #4A2CA1 #852CA1

triadic

#4A2CA1 #A14A2C #2CA14A

tetradic

#4A2CA1 #A12C48 #83A12C #2CA185

square

#4A2CA1 #A12C48 #83A12C #2CA185

split-complementary

#4A2CA1 #A1852C #48A12C

monochromatic

#1E1241 #341F71 #4A2CA1 #6340CB #8A70D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4A2CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A2CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CA1

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CA1	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.176 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668be',
    500: '#4a2ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ca1;
$custom-light: #8668be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.385,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40687,
    "c": 0.17648,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CA1

secondary

#A9BF6A

accent

#E047B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CA1

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

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