#4A2DAE#4A2DAE

#4A2DAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.191 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2DAE
RGB	rgb(74, 45, 174)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 74.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.37, 46.71, -64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.37, 79.30, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.0494 -0.1845)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.191 285)
XYZ	xyz(11.4001, 6.3879, 40.6685)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.20

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2DAE #91AE2D

analogous

#2D51AE #4A2DAE #8A2DAE

triadic

#4A2DAE #AE4A2D #2DAE4A

tetradic

#4A2DAE #AE2D51 #91AE2D #2DAE8A

square

#4A2DAE #AE2D51 #91AE2D #2DAE8A

split-complementary

#4A2DAE #AE8A2D #51AE2D

monochromatic

#21144D #35207D #4A2DAE #6748D0 #8F79DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#4A2DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4A2DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2DAE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2DAE	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16516B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 45, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.191 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869c7',
    500: '#4a2dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2dae;
$custom-light: #8869c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.488,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42039,
    "c": 0.19104,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.06389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2DAE

secondary

#B2C472

accent

#E246BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2DAE

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

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