#4A2DB3#4A2DB3

#4A2DB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.197 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2DB3
RGB	rgb(74, 45, 179)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 74.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 48.19, -66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 81.95, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.0482 -0.191)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.197 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8966, 6.5865, 43.2835)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.23

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2DB3 #96B32D

analogous

#2D53B3 #4A2DB3 #8D2DB3

triadic

#4A2DB3 #B34A2D #2DB34A

tetradic

#4A2DB3 #B32D53 #96B32D #2DB38D

square

#4A2DB3 #B32D53 #96B32D #2DB38D

split-complementary

#4A2DB3 #B38D2D #53B32D

monochromatic

#221451 #362182 #4A2DB3 #684BD2 #917CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#4A2DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4A2DB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2DB3

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2DB3	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B536E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 45, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.197 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969cb',
    500: '#4a2db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2db3;
$custom-light: #8969cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.985,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42519,
    "c": 0.19696,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2DB3

secondary

#B5C775

accent

#E345C1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2DB3

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

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