#4A2D9C#4A2D9C

#4A2D9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.169 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2D9C
RGB	rgb(74, 45, 156)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 71.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 41.36, -55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 69.54, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0534 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.169 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7614, 5.7325, 32.0382)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2D9C #7F9C2D

analogous

#2D479C #4A2D9C #822D9C

triadic

#4A2D9C #9C4A2D #2D9C4A

tetradic

#4A2D9C #9C2D47 #7F9C2D #2D9C82

square

#4A2D9C #9C2D47 #7F9C2D #2D9C82

split-complementary

#4A2D9C #9C822D #479C2D

monochromatic

#1D123D #331F6D #4A2D9C #623FC8 #896ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#4A2D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4A2D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2D9C

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2D9C	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 45, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.169 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568ba',
    500: '#4a2d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2d9c;
$custom-light: #8568ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.676,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4037,
    "c": 0.1692,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2D9C

secondary

#A6BC68

accent

#DF49B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2D9C

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

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