#4A2EA8#4A2EA8

#4A2EA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.183 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2EA8
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 168)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 72.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 44.39, -61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 75.52, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.05 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.183 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8668, 6.2364, 37.6693)
Luminance	0.0624 (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

#4A2EA8 #8CA82E

analogous

#2E4FA8 #4A2EA8 #872EA8

triadic

#4A2EA8 #A84A2E #2EA84A

tetradic

#4A2EA8 #A82E4F #8CA82E #2EA887

square

#4A2EA8 #A82E4F #8CA82E #2EA887

split-complementary

#4A2EA8 #A8872E #4FA82E

monochromatic

#201448 #352178 #4A2EA8 #6547CD #8D77DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4A2EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4A2EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2EA8

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2EA8	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.183 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ac3',
    500: '#4a2ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ea8;
$custom-light: #876ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.77,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41607,
    "c": 0.18274,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2EA8

secondary

#AFC270

accent

#E048BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2EA8

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

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