#4A2D97#4A2D97

#4A2D97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.163 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2D97
RGB	rgb(74, 45, 151)
HSL	hsl(256, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 70.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 39.87, -53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 66.78, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% 0.0543 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.163 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3467, 5.5666, 29.8541)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2D97 #7A972D

analogous

#2D4597 #4A2D97 #7F2D97

triadic

#4A2D97 #974A2D #2D974A

tetradic

#4A2D97 #972D45 #7A972D #2D977F

square

#4A2D97 #972D45 #7A972D #2D977F

split-complementary

#4A2D97 #977F2D #45972D

monochromatic

#1C1139 #331F68 #4A2D97 #623CC5 #886BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#4A2D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4A2D97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2D97

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2D97	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 45, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.163 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468b6',
    500: '#4a2d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2d97;
$custom-light: #8468b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.415,
    "s": 54.082,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39924,
    "c": 0.16299,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2D97

secondary

#A3BA66

accent

#DD4AB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2D97

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

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