#4A2E96#4A2E96

#4A2E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.161 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2E96
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 150)
HSL	hsl(256, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 69.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 39.01, -52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 65.62, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% 0.0535 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.161 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3045, 5.6115, 29.4411)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2E96 #7A962E

analogous

#2E4696 #4A2E96 #7E2E96

triadic

#4A2E96 #964A2E #2E964A

tetradic

#4A2E96 #962E46 #7A962E #2E967E

square

#4A2E96 #962E46 #7A962E #2E967E

split-complementary

#4A2E96 #967E2E #46962E

monochromatic

#1C1138 #332067 #4A2E96 #623EC4 #886CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4A2E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4A2E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2E96

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2E96	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.161 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469b6',
    500: '#4a2e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2e96;
$custom-light: #8469b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39982,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2E96

secondary

#A3B967

accent

#DC4BB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2E96

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