#4A2DAA#4A2DAA

#4A2DAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.186 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2DAA
RGB	rgb(74, 45, 170)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 73.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 45.52, -62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 77.16, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.0504 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.186 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0159, 6.2343, 38.6453)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.27

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2DAA #8DAA2D

analogous

#2D4FAA #4A2DAA #892DAA

triadic

#4A2DAA #AA4A2D #2DAA4A

tetradic

#4A2DAA #AA2D4F #8DAA2D #2DAA89

square

#4A2DAA #AA2D4F #8DAA2D #2DAA89

split-complementary

#4A2DAA #AA892D #4FAA2D

monochromatic

#201349 #35207A #4A2DAA #6646CE #8E77DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#4A2DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4A2DAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2DAA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2DAA	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 45, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.186 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769c4',
    500: '#4a2daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2daa;
$custom-light: #8769c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.92,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4166,
    "c": 0.18625,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2DAA

secondary

#B0C370

accent

#E146BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2DAA

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

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