#4A2D9D#4A2D9D

#4A2D9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.170 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2D9D
RGB	rgb(74, 45, 157)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 71.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.82, 41.66, -56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.82, 70.09, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.0532 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.17 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8464, 5.7665, 32.4860)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2D9D #809D2D

analogous

#2D489D #4A2D9D #822D9D

triadic

#4A2D9D #9D4A2D #2D9D4A

tetradic

#4A2D9D #9D2D48 #809D2D #2D9D82

square

#4A2D9D #9D2D48 #809D2D #2D9D82

split-complementary

#4A2D9D #9D822D #489D2D

monochromatic

#1D123E #341F6D #4A2D9D #633FC8 #896FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#4A2D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4A2D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2D9D

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2D9D	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 45, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.170 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568bb',
    500: '#4a2d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2d9d;
$custom-light: #8568bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.536,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4046,
    "c": 0.17044,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2D9D

secondary

#A7BD69

accent

#DF49B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2D9D

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

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