#4A2CD0#4A2CD0

#4A2CD0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.231 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CD0
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 208)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 78.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 57.11, -78.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 97.34, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(45.3% 0.041 -0.2275)
OKLCH	oklch(45.3% 0.231 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1063, 7.8101, 60.3737)
Luminance	0.0781 (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

#4A2CD0 #B2D02C

analogous

#2C60D0 #4A2CD0 #9C2CD0

triadic

#4A2CD0 #D04A2C #2CD04A

tetradic

#4A2CD0 #D02C60 #B2D02C #2CD09C

square

#4A2CD0 #D02C60 #B2D02C #2CD09C

split-complementary

#4A2CD0 #D09C2C #60D02C

monochromatic

#26176B #38219D #4A2CD0 #745DDD #9F8FE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#4A2CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4A2CD0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CD0

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CD0	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.231 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ae0',
    500: '#4a2cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2cd0;
$custom-light: #8e6ae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.976,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45303,
    "c": 0.2312,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CD0

secondary

#C4D286

accent

#E840C9

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CD0

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

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