#4A2CAE#4A2CAE

#4A2CAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.192 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CAE
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 174)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 74.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.19, 47.22, -64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.19, 79.85, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% 0.0502 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.192 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3624, 6.3125, 40.6559)
Luminance	0.0631 (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

#4A2CAE #90AE2C

analogous

#2C4FAE #4A2CAE #8B2CAE

triadic

#4A2CAE #AE4A2C #2CAE4A

tetradic

#4A2CAE #AE2C4F #90AE2C #2CAE8B

square

#4A2CAE #AE2C4F #90AE2C #2CAE8B

split-complementary

#4A2CAE #AE8B2C #4FAE2C

monochromatic

#20134C #35207D #4A2CAE #6747D0 #8F78DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#4A2CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4A2CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CAE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CAE	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.192 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869c7',
    500: '#4a2cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2cae;
$custom-light: #8869c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4191,
    "c": 0.19207,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CAE

secondary

#B1C571

accent

#E345BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CAE

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

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