#4A2CA2#4A2CA2

#4A2CA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.178 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CA2
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 162)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 72.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, 43.68, -58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 73.41, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.053 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.178 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2444, 5.8653, 34.7677)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2CA2 #84A22C

analogous

#2C49A2 #4A2CA2 #852CA2

triadic

#4A2CA2 #A24A2C #2CA24A

tetradic

#4A2CA2 #A22C49 #84A22C #2CA285

square

#4A2CA2 #A22C49 #84A22C #2CA285

split-complementary

#4A2CA2 #A2852C #49A22C

monochromatic

#1E1242 #341F72 #4A2CA2 #6340CB #8B70D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4A2CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A2CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CA2

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CA2	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.178 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668bf',
    500: '#4a2ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ca2;
$custom-light: #8668bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.254,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40779,
    "c": 0.17769,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CA2

secondary

#AABF6A

accent

#E147BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CA2

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

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