#4A2CD4#4A2CD4

#4A2CD4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.236 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2CD4
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 212)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 79.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.00, 58.26, -80.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.00, 99.32, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(45.72% 0.0399 -0.2323)
OKLCH	oklch(45.72% 0.236 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6046, 8.0094, 62.9982)
Luminance	0.0801 (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

#4A2CD4 #B6D42C

analogous

#2C62D4 #4A2CD4 #9E2CD4

triadic

#4A2CD4 #D44A2C #2CD44A

tetradic

#4A2CD4 #D42C62 #B6D42C #2CD49E

square

#4A2CD4 #D42C62 #B6D42C #2CD49E

split-complementary

#4A2CD4 #D49E2C #62D42C

monochromatic

#26176F #3821A2 #4A2CD4 #765FDE #A192E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#4A2CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4A2CD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2CD4

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2CD4	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.236 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6be3',
    500: '#4a2cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2cd4;
$custom-light: #8f6be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45717,
    "c": 0.23566,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2CD4

secondary

#C6D388

accent

#E93FCB

background

#F9F6FE

surface

#F2EBFC

border

#CCC6D5

text

#0E0716

muted

#7E7A84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2CD4

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

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