#4A2DAD#4A2DAD

#4A2DAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.190 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2DAD
RGB	rgb(74, 45, 173)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 74%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 46.41, -63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 78.77, 306.10°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% 0.0497 -0.1832)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.19 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3030, 6.3491, 40.1570)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.21

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2DAD #90AD2D

analogous

#2D50AD #4A2DAD #8A2DAD

triadic

#4A2DAD #AD4A2D #2DAD4A

tetradic

#4A2DAD #AD2D50 #90AD2D #2DAD8A

square

#4A2DAD #AD2D50 #90AD2D #2DAD8A

split-complementary

#4A2DAD #AD8A2D #50AD2D

monochromatic

#20144C #35207C #4A2DAD #6748CF #8F78DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#4A2DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4A2DAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2DAD

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2DAD	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 45, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.190 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869c7',
    500: '#4a2dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2dad;
$custom-light: #8869c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.594,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41944,
    "c": 0.18984,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2DAD

secondary

#B1C472

accent

#E246BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2DAD

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

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