#4A2E9F#4A2E9F

#4A2E9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.172 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2E9F
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 159)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 71.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.19, 41.70, -56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.19, 70.61, 306.20°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.0519 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.172 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.0572, 5.9125, 33.4055)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2E9F #839F2E

analogous

#2E4B9F #4A2E9F #822E9F

triadic

#4A2E9F #9F4A2E #2E9F4A

tetradic

#4A2E9F #9F2E4B #839F2E #2E9F82

square

#4A2E9F #9F2E4B #839F2E #2E9F82

split-complementary

#4A2E9F #9F822E #4B9F2E

monochromatic

#1E1340 #342070 #4A2E9F #6342C8 #8A71D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4A2E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4A2E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2E9F

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2E9F	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.172 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569bc',
    500: '#4a2e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2e9f;
$custom-light: #8569bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.867,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40782,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2E9F

secondary

#A9BE6B

accent

#DE49BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2E9F

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

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