#4A2F99#4A2F99

#4A2F99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.163 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2F99
RGB	rgb(74, 47, 153)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 69.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 39.35, -53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 66.69, 306.16°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% 0.052 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.163 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5887, 5.7884, 30.7428)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2F99 #7E992F

analogous

#2F4999 #4A2F99 #7F2F99

triadic

#4A2F99 #994A2F #2F994A

tetradic

#4A2F99 #992F49 #7E992F #2F997F

square

#4A2F99 #992F49 #7E992F #2F997F

split-complementary

#4A2F99 #997F2F #49992F

monochromatic

#1D123B #33216A #4A2F99 #6241C5 #896FD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#4A2F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4A2F99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2F99

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2F99	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 47, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.163 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846ab8',
    500: '#4a2f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2f99;
$custom-light: #846ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.283,
    "s": 53,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40393,
    "c": 0.16302,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2F99

secondary

#A6BA69

accent

#DC4BB7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2F99

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

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