#4A2EB4#4A2EB4

#4A2EB4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.197 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2EB4
RGB	rgb(74, 46, 180)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.12, 47.97, -66.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.12, 81.93, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% 0.0473 -0.1914)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.197 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0367, 6.7044, 43.8310)
Luminance	0.0670 (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

#4A2EB4 #98B42E

analogous

#2E55B4 #4A2EB4 #8D2EB4

triadic

#4A2EB4 #B44A2E #2EB44A

tetradic

#4A2EB4 #B42E55 #98B42E #2EB48D

square

#4A2EB4 #B42E55 #98B42E #2EB48D

split-complementary

#4A2EB4 #B48D2E #55B42E

monochromatic

#221553 #362283 #4A2EB4 #694ED2 #927EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#4A2EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4A2EB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2EB4

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2EB4	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08536F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 46, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.197 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896acc',
    500: '#4a2eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2eb4;
$custom-light: #896acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.537,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42744,
    "c": 0.19713,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2EB4

secondary

#B6C777

accent

#E245C2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2EB4

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

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