#4A2EA6#4A2EA6

#4A2EA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.180 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2EA6
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 43.80, -60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 74.43, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(41.42% 0.0504 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(41.42% 0.18 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6819, 6.1624, 36.6956)
Luminance	0.0616 (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

#4A2EA6 #8AA62E

analogous

#2E4EA6 #4A2EA6 #862EA6

triadic

#4A2EA6 #A64A2E #2EA64A

tetradic

#4A2EA6 #A62E4E #8AA62E #2EA686

square

#4A2EA6 #A62E4E #8AA62E #2EA686

split-complementary

#4A2EA6 #A6862E #4EA62E

monochromatic

#1F1346 #352176 #4A2EA6 #6546CC #8D76D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4A2EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4A2EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2EA6

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2EA6	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.180 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669c1',
    500: '#4a2ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ea6;
$custom-light: #8669c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41422,
    "c": 0.18031,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2EA6

secondary

#AEC16F

accent

#E048BC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2EA6

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

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