#4A2CA4#4A2CA4

#4A2CA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.180 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CA4
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 44.27, -59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 74.49, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% 0.0526 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.18 287)
XYZ	xyz(10.4236, 5.9370, 35.7115)
Luminance	0.0594 (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

#4A2CA4 #86A42C

analogous

#2C4AA4 #4A2CA4 #862CA4

triadic

#4A2CA4 #A44A2C #2CA44A

tetradic

#4A2CA4 #A42C4A #86A42C #2CA486

square

#4A2CA4 #A42C4A #86A42C #2CA486

split-complementary

#4A2CA4 #A4862C #4AA42C

monochromatic

#1E1243 #341F74 #4A2CA4 #6441CC #8B71D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4A2CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4A2CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CA4

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CA4	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.180 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c0',
    500: '#4a2ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ca4;
$custom-light: #8668c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40965,
    "c": 0.18012,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.05938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CA4

secondary

#ABC06B

accent

#E147BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CA4

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

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