#4A2EA7#4A2EA7

#4A2EA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.182 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2EA7
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 167)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.91, 44.09, -60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.91, 74.97, 306.02°)
OKLab	oklab(41.52% 0.0502 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(41.52% 0.182 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7740, 6.1993, 37.1806)
Luminance	0.0620 (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

#4A2EA7 #8BA72E

analogous

#2E4FA7 #4A2EA7 #872EA7

triadic

#4A2EA7 #A74A2E #2EA74A

tetradic

#4A2EA7 #A72E4F #8BA72E #2EA787

square

#4A2EA7 #A72E4F #8BA72E #2EA787

split-complementary

#4A2EA7 #A7872E #4FA72E

monochromatic

#1F1447 #352177 #4A2EA7 #6546CC #8D76D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#4A2EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4A2EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2EA7

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2EA7	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.182 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769c2',
    500: '#4a2ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ea7;
$custom-light: #8769c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.884,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41515,
    "c": 0.18153,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2EA7

secondary

#AEC170

accent

#E048BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2EA7

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

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