#4A2CB0#4A2CB0

#4A2CB0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.194 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CB0
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 176)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 75%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 47.81, -65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 80.91, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.0497 -0.188)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.194 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5588, 6.3911, 41.6904)
Luminance	0.0639 (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

#4A2CB0 #92B02C

analogous

#2C50B0 #4A2CB0 #8C2CB0

triadic

#4A2CB0 #B04A2C #2CB04A

tetradic

#4A2CB0 #B02C50 #92B02C #2CB08C

square

#4A2CB0 #B02C50 #92B02C #2CB08C

split-complementary

#4A2CB0 #B08C2C #50B02C

monochromatic

#21144E #35207F #4A2CB0 #6748D1 #9079DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#4A2CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4A2CB0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CB0

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CB0	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13516C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.194 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869c9',
    500: '#4a2cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2cb0;
$custom-light: #8869c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42102,
    "c": 0.19444,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CB0

secondary

#B3C672

accent

#E345BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CB0

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

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