#4A2CB5#4A2CB5

#4A2CB5 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.200 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CB5
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 181)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 75.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.86, 49.28, -67.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.86, 83.54, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.0484 -0.1944)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.2 284)
XYZ	xyz(12.0626, 6.5926, 44.3440)
Luminance	0.0659 (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

#4A2CB5 #97B52C

analogous

#2C52B5 #4A2CB5 #8F2CB5

triadic

#4A2CB5 #B54A2C #2CB54A

tetradic

#4A2CB5 #B52C52 #97B52C #2CB58F

square

#4A2CB5 #B52C52 #97B52C #2CB58F

split-complementary

#4A2CB5 #B58F2C #52B52C

monochromatic

#221453 #362084 #4A2CB5 #694BD3 #927CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#4A2CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4A2CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CB5

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CB5	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05536F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.200 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969cc',
    500: '#4a2cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2cb5;
$custom-light: #8969cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.139,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42587,
    "c": 0.20031,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.06593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CB5

secondary

#B6C875

accent

#E444C1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CB5

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

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