#4A2CA5#4A2CA5

#4A2CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.181 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CA5
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 73.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.34, 44.57, -60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.34, 75.03, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% 0.0523 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.181 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5142, 5.9733, 36.1889)
Luminance	0.0597 (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

#4A2CA5 #87A52C

analogous

#2C4AA5 #4A2CA5 #862CA5

triadic

#4A2CA5 #A54A2C #2CA54A

tetradic

#4A2CA5 #A52C4A #87A52C #2CA586

square

#4A2CA5 #A52C4A #87A52C #2CA586

split-complementary

#4A2CA5 #A5862C #4AA52C

monochromatic

#1F1244 #341F75 #4A2CA5 #6442CD #8C72D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#4A2CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4A2CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CA5

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CA5	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.181 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668c1',
    500: '#4a2ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ca5;
$custom-light: #8668c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.876,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41058,
    "c": 0.18132,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CA5

secondary

#ACC16C

accent

#E147BB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CA5

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

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