#4A2CB4#4A2CB4

#4A2CB4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.199 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CB4
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 180)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 75.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.76, 48.99, -67.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.76, 83.01, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.0487 -0.1931)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.199 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9604, 6.5517, 43.8055)
Luminance	0.0655 (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

#4A2CB4 #96B42C

analogous

#2C52B4 #4A2CB4 #8E2CB4

triadic

#4A2CB4 #B44A2C #2CB44A

tetradic

#4A2CB4 #B42C52 #96B42C #2CB48E

square

#4A2CB4 #B42C52 #96B42C #2CB48E

split-complementary

#4A2CB4 #B48E2C #52B42C

monochromatic

#221452 #362083 #4A2CB4 #684AD3 #917CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#4A2CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4A2CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CB4

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CB4	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08536E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.199 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969cc',
    500: '#4a2cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2cb4;
$custom-light: #8969cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.235,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4249,
    "c": 0.19914,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CB4

secondary

#B5C775

accent

#E444C1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CB4

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

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