#4A2CB2#4A2CB2

#4A2CB2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.197 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CB2
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 178)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 48.40, -66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 81.96, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% 0.0492 -0.1905)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.197 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7581, 6.4708, 42.7403)
Luminance	0.0647 (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

#4A2CB2 #94B22C

analogous

#2C51B2 #4A2CB2 #8D2CB2

triadic

#4A2CB2 #B24A2C #2CB24A

tetradic

#4A2CB2 #B22C51 #94B22C #2CB28D

square

#4A2CB2 #B22C51 #94B22C #2CB28D

split-complementary

#4A2CB2 #B28D2C #51B22C

monochromatic

#211450 #362081 #4A2CB2 #6849D2 #917ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#4A2CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4A2CB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CB2

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CB2	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E526D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.197 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ca',
    500: '#4a2cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2cb2;
$custom-light: #8969ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.433,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42296,
    "c": 0.1968,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CB2

secondary

#B4C673

accent

#E444C0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CB2

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

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