#4A2EA2#4A2EA2

#4A2EA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.175 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2EA2
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 162)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 71.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.46, 42.60, -58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.46, 72.25, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.0513 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.175 287)
XYZ	xyz(10.3207, 6.0179, 34.7932)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.24

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2EA2 #86A22E

analogous

#2E4CA2 #4A2EA2 #842EA2

triadic

#4A2EA2 #A24A2E #2EA24A

tetradic

#4A2EA2 #A22E4C #86A22E #2EA284

square

#4A2EA2 #A22E4C #86A22E #2EA284

split-complementary

#4A2EA2 #A2842E #4CA22E

monochromatic

#1E1343 #342072 #4A2EA2 #6443CA #8B73D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#4A2EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4A2EA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2EA2

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2EA2	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.175 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669bf',
    500: '#4a2ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ea2;
$custom-light: #8669bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41054,
    "c": 0.17542,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.06018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2EA2

secondary

#ABBF6D

accent

#DF49BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2EA2

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

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