#4A2CAA#4A2CAA

#4A2CAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.187 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CAA
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 170)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 74.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 46.04, -62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 77.72, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% 0.0512 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.187 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9782, 6.1589, 38.6327)
Luminance	0.0616 (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

#4A2CAA #8CAA2C

analogous

#2C4DAA #4A2CAA #892CAA

triadic

#4A2CAA #AA4A2C #2CAA4A

tetradic

#4A2CAA #AA2C4D #8CAA2C #2CAA89

square

#4A2CAA #AA2C4D #8CAA2C #2CAA89

split-complementary

#4A2CAA #AA892C #4DAA2C

monochromatic

#201349 #351F79 #4A2CAA #6544CF #8D75DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4A2CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4A2CAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CAA

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CAA	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.187 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768c4',
    500: '#4a2caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2caa;
$custom-light: #8768c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41529,
    "c": 0.18732,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CAA

secondary

#AFC36F

accent

#E246BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CAA

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

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