#4A2EA3#4A2EA3

#4A2EA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.177 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2EA3
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 163)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.55, 42.90, -58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.55, 72.80, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.15% 0.0511 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(41.15% 0.177 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4099, 6.0536, 35.2632)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2EA3 #87A32E

analogous

#2E4CA3 #4A2EA3 #842EA3

triadic

#4A2EA3 #A34A2E #2EA34A

tetradic

#4A2EA3 #A32E4C #87A32E #2EA384

square

#4A2EA3 #A32E4C #87A32E #2EA384

split-complementary

#4A2EA3 #A3842E #4CA32E

monochromatic

#1F1344 #342173 #4A2EA3 #6444CA #8C74D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#4A2EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4A2EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2EA3

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2EA3	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.177 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669bf',
    500: '#4a2ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ea3;
$custom-light: #8669bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.359,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41146,
    "c": 0.17664,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2EA3

secondary

#ACBF6D

accent

#DF49BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2EA3

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

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