#4A2EA5#4A2EA5

#4A2EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.179 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2EA5
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 43.50, -59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 73.89, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% 0.0506 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.179 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5905, 6.1259, 36.2144)
Luminance	0.0613 (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

#4A2EA5 #89A52E

analogous

#2E4EA5 #4A2EA5 #862EA5

triadic

#4A2EA5 #A54A2E #2EA54A

tetradic

#4A2EA5 #A52E4E #89A52E #2EA586

square

#4A2EA5 #A52E4E #89A52E #2EA586

split-complementary

#4A2EA5 #A5862E #4EA52E

monochromatic

#1F1345 #352175 #4A2EA5 #6545CB #8C75D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#4A2EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4A2EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2EA5

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2EA5	1.00	9.44	2.23	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.179 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669c1',
    500: '#4a2ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ea5;
$custom-light: #8669c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4133,
    "c": 0.17909,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2EA5

secondary

#ADC06F

accent

#E048BC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2EA5

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

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