#4A2D8A#4A2D8A

#4A2D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.147 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2D8A
RGB	rgb(74, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.21, 36.03, -47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.21, 59.47, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0563 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.147 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3486, 5.1673, 24.5973)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2D8A #6D8A2D

analogous

#2D3E8A #4A2D8A #782D8A

triadic

#4A2D8A #8A4A2D #2D8A4A

tetradic

#4A2D8A #8A2D3E #6D8A2D #2D8A78

square

#4A2D8A #8A2D3E #6D8A2D #2D8A78

split-complementary

#4A2D8A #8A782D #3E8A2D

monochromatic

#190F2E #311E5C #4A2D8A #633CB8 #8565CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#4A2D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4A2D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2D8A

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2D8A	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.147 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8268ad',
    500: '#4a2d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2d8a;
$custom-light: #8268ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.71,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38806,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2D8A

secondary

#99B360

accent

#DA4DAE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2D8A

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

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