#4A2EA1#4A2EA1

#4A2EA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.174 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2EA1
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 161)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 71.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.37, 42.30, -57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.37, 71.71, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.0515 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.174 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2322, 5.9825, 34.3269)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.36

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2EA1 #85A12E

analogous

#2E4BA1 #4A2EA1 #842EA1

triadic

#4A2EA1 #A14A2E #2EA14A

tetradic

#4A2EA1 #A12E4B #85A12E #2EA184

square

#4A2EA1 #A12E4B #85A12E #2EA184

split-complementary

#4A2EA1 #A1842E #4BA12E

monochromatic

#1E1342 #342071 #4A2EA1 #6443C9 #8B73D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#4A2EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4A2EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2EA1

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2EA1	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.174 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669be',
    500: '#4a2ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ea1;
$custom-light: #8669be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.609,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40963,
    "c": 0.17419,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2EA1

secondary

#AABE6C

accent

#DF49BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2EA1

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

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