#4A2E99#4A2E99

#4A2E99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.164 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2E99
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 153)
HSL	hsl(256, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 69.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 39.91, -54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 67.29, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.25% 0.053 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(40.25% 0.164 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5491, 5.7093, 30.7297)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2E99 #7D992E

analogous

#2E4899 #4A2E99 #802E99

triadic

#4A2E99 #994A2E #2E994A

tetradic

#4A2E99 #992E48 #7D992E #2E9980

square

#4A2E99 #992E48 #7D992E #2E9980

split-complementary

#4A2E99 #99802E #48992E

monochromatic

#1C123B #33206A #4A2E99 #623FC5 #896ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4A2E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4A2E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2E99

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2E99	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.164 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469b8',
    500: '#4a2e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2e99;
$custom-light: #8469b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.701,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40246,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2E99

secondary

#A5BB68

accent

#DD4BB7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2E99

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

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