#4A2CA8#4A2CA8

#4A2CA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.185 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CA8
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 168)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 73.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 45.45, -61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 76.64, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% 0.0516 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.185 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7905, 6.0838, 37.6439)
Luminance	0.0608 (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

#4A2CA8 #8AA82C

analogous

#2C4CA8 #4A2CA8 #882CA8

triadic

#4A2CA8 #A84A2C #2CA84A

tetradic

#4A2CA8 #A82C4C #8AA82C #2CA888

square

#4A2CA8 #A82C4C #8AA82C #2CA888

split-complementary

#4A2CA8 #A8882C #4CA82C

monochromatic

#1F1347 #351F78 #4A2CA8 #6543CE #8D74DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#4A2CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4A2CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CA8

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CA8	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.185 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768c3',
    500: '#4a2ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ca8;
$custom-light: #8768c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.516,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41339,
    "c": 0.18492,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CA8

secondary

#AEC26E

accent

#E246BC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CA8

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

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