#4A2EA0#4A2EA0

#4A2EA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.173 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2EA0
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 160)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 71.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.28, 42.00, -57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.28, 71.16, 306.18°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.0517 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.173 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1443, 5.9474, 33.8643)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2EA0 #84A02E

analogous

#2E4BA0 #4A2EA0 #832EA0

triadic

#4A2EA0 #A04A2E #2EA04A

tetradic

#4A2EA0 #A02E4B #84A02E #2EA083

square

#4A2EA0 #A02E4B #84A02E #2EA083

split-complementary

#4A2EA0 #A0832E #4BA02E

monochromatic

#1E1341 #342070 #4A2EA0 #6342C9 #8B72D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#4A2EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4A2EA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2EA0

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2EA0	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.173 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569bd',
    500: '#4a2ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ea0;
$custom-light: #8569bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.737,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40873,
    "c": 0.17295,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2EA0

secondary

#AABE6C

accent

#DF49BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2EA0

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

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