#4A2CA9#4A2CA9

#4A2CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.186 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CA9
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.72, 45.75, -62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.72, 77.18, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(41.43% 0.0514 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(41.43% 0.186 286)
XYZ	xyz(10.8840, 6.1212, 38.1364)
Luminance	0.0612 (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

#4A2CA9 #8BA92C

analogous

#2C4DA9 #4A2CA9 #892CA9

triadic

#4A2CA9 #A94A2C #2CA94A

tetradic

#4A2CA9 #A92C4D #8BA92C #2CA989

square

#4A2CA9 #A92C4D #8BA92C #2CA989

split-complementary

#4A2CA9 #A9892C #4DA92C

monochromatic

#1F1348 #351F78 #4A2CA9 #6544CE #8D74DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#4A2CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4A2CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CA9

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CA9	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.186 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768c4',
    500: '#4a2ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ca9;
$custom-light: #8768c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41434,
    "c": 0.18613,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.06122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CA9

secondary

#AEC36E

accent

#E246BC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CA9

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

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