#4A2D8B#4A2D8B

#4A2D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.148 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2D8B
RGB	rgb(74, 45, 139)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 67.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.29, 36.32, -47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.29, 60.04, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.0561 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.148 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4213, 5.1964, 24.9804)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2D8B #6E8B2D

analogous

#2D3F8B #4A2D8B #792D8B

triadic

#4A2D8B #8B4A2D #2D8B4A

tetradic

#4A2D8B #8B2D3F #6E8B2D #2D8B79

square

#4A2D8B #8B2D3F #6E8B2D #2D8B79

split-complementary

#4A2D8B #8B792D #3F8B2D

monochromatic

#190F2F #311E5D #4A2D8B #633CB9 #8565CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#4A2D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4A2D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2D8B

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2D8B	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 45, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.148 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8268ae',
    500: '#4a2d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2d8b;
$custom-light: #8268ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.511,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3889,
    "c": 0.14783,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2D8B

secondary

#9AB460

accent

#DB4DAF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2D8B

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

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