#4A2EAE#4A2EAE

#4A2EAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.190 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2EAE
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 174)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 73.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, 46.18, -63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 78.74, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.0487 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.19 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4387, 6.4651, 40.6813)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.40

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2EAE #92AE2E

analogous

#2E52AE #4A2EAE #8A2EAE

triadic

#4A2EAE #AE4A2E #2EAE4A

tetradic

#4A2EAE #AE2E52 #92AE2E #2EAE8A

square

#4A2EAE #AE2E52 #92AE2E #2EAE8A

split-complementary

#4A2EAE #AE8A2E #52AE2E

monochromatic

#21144D #35217E #4A2EAE #674ACF #907ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#4A2EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4A2EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2EAE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2EAE	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16516B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.190 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ac7',
    500: '#4a2eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2eae;
$custom-light: #886ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.125,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42171,
    "c": 0.18998,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2EAE

secondary

#B3C474

accent

#E146BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2EAE

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

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