#4A2CB3#4A2CB3

#4A2CB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.198 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CB3
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 179)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 75.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 48.70, -66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 82.49, 306.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.0489 -0.1918)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.198 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8589, 6.5111, 43.2710)
Luminance	0.0651 (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

#4A2CB3 #95B32C

analogous

#2C51B3 #4A2CB3 #8D2CB3

triadic

#4A2CB3 #B34A2C #2CB34A

tetradic

#4A2CB3 #B32C51 #95B32C #2CB38D

square

#4A2CB3 #B32C51 #95B32C #2CB38D

split-complementary

#4A2CB3 #B38D2C #51B32C

monochromatic

#211451 #362082 #4A2CB3 #684AD2 #917BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#4A2CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4A2CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CB3

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CB3	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B526E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.198 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969cb',
    500: '#4a2cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2cb3;
$custom-light: #8969cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42393,
    "c": 0.19797,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CB3

secondary

#B4C774

accent

#E444C0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CB3

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

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