#4A2CB1#4A2CB1

#4A2CB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.196 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CB1
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 177)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 75.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 48.11, -65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 81.43, 306.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% 0.0494 -0.1893)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.196 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6581, 6.4308, 42.2134)
Luminance	0.0643 (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

#4A2CB1 #93B12C

analogous

#2C50B1 #4A2CB1 #8C2CB1

triadic

#4A2CB1 #B14A2C #2CB14A

tetradic

#4A2CB1 #B12C50 #93B12C #2CB18C

square

#4A2CB1 #B12C50 #93B12C #2CB18C

split-complementary

#4A2CB1 #B18C2C #50B12C

monochromatic

#21144F #362080 #4A2CB1 #6749D2 #907ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4A2CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4A2CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CB1

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CB1	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11516C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.196 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869c9',
    500: '#4a2cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2cb1;
$custom-light: #8869c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.534,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42199,
    "c": 0.19562,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CB1

secondary

#B3C673

accent

#E344BF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CB1

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

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