#4A2CA6#4A2CA6

#4A2CA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.183 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CA6
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 166)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.44, 44.86, -60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.44, 75.57, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(41.15% 0.0521 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(41.15% 0.183 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6056, 6.0098, 36.6702)
Luminance	0.0601 (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

#4A2CA6 #88A62C

analogous

#2C4BA6 #4A2CA6 #872CA6

triadic

#4A2CA6 #A64A2C #2CA64A

tetradic

#4A2CA6 #A62C4B #88A62C #2CA687

square

#4A2CA6 #A62C4B #88A62C #2CA687

split-complementary

#4A2CA6 #A6872C #4BA62C

monochromatic

#1F1245 #341F76 #4A2CA6 #6442CD #8C73DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#4A2CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4A2CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CA6

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CA6	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.183 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768c1',
    500: '#4a2ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ca6;
$custom-light: #8768c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.754,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41151,
    "c": 0.18252,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CA6

secondary

#ACC16D

accent

#E146BB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CA6

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

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