#4A2D8D#4A2D8D

#4A2D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.150 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2D8D
RGB	rgb(74, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.45, 36.91, -48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.45, 61.17, 307.12°)
OKLab	oklab(39.06% 0.0559 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(39.06% 0.15 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5688, 5.2554, 25.7571)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2D8D #708D2D

analogous

#2D408D #4A2D8D #7A2D8D

triadic

#4A2D8D #8D4A2D #2D8D4A

tetradic

#4A2D8D #8D2D40 #708D2D #2D8D7A

square

#4A2D8D #8D2D40 #708D2D #2D8D7A

split-complementary

#4A2D8D #8D7A2D #408D2D

monochromatic

#190F30 #321E5F #4A2D8D #623CBB #8666CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#4A2D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4A2D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2D8D

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2D8D	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.150 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368af',
    500: '#4a2d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2d8d;
$custom-light: #8368af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.125,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39059,
    "c": 0.15039,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2D8D

secondary

#9CB561

accent

#DB4DB0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2D8D

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

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