#4A2F72#4A2F72

#4A2F72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.112 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2F72
RGB	rgb(74, 47, 114)
HSL	hsl(264, 42%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 59%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 58.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.87, 27.86, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.87, 44.23, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0551 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.112 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8771, 4.7037, 16.4619)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2F72 #57722F

analogous

#2F3672 #4A2F72 #6C2F72

triadic

#4A2F72 #724A2F #2F724A

tetradic

#4A2F72 #722F36 #57722F #2F726C

square

#4A2F72 #722F36 #57722F #2F726C

split-complementary

#4A2F72 #726C2F #36722F

monochromatic

#120B1B #2E1D47 #4A2F72 #66419D #855FBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#4A2F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4A2F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2F72

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2F72	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#123D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 47, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.112 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f689b',
    500: '#4a2f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2f72;
$custom-light: #7f689b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.179,
    "s": 41.615,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3727,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2F72

secondary

#86A35A

accent

#D156A0

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2F72

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

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