#4A2EAD#4A2EAD

#4A2EAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.189 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2EAD
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 173)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 73.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.46, 45.89, -63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.46, 78.21, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.0489 -0.1823)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.189 285)
XYZ	xyz(11.3416, 6.4263, 40.1698)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.41

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2EAD #91AD2E

analogous

#2E52AD #4A2EAD #892EAD

triadic

#4A2EAD #AD4A2E #2EAD4A

tetradic

#4A2EAD #AD2E52 #91AD2E #2EAD89

square

#4A2EAD #AD2E52 #91AD2E #2EAD89

split-complementary

#4A2EAD #AD892E #52AD2E

monochromatic

#21144C #35217D #4A2EAD #6749CF #8F7ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4A2EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4A2EAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2EAD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2EAD	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18516B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.189 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ac7',
    500: '#4a2ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2ead;
$custom-light: #886ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.228,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42076,
    "c": 0.18878,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.06427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2EAD

secondary

#B2C473

accent

#E147BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2EAD

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

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