#4A2F9A#4A2F9A

#4A2F9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.164 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2F9A
RGB	rgb(74, 47, 154)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 69.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 39.65, -54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 67.24, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.0518 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.164 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6716, 5.8215, 31.1796)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2F9A #7F9A2F

analogous

#2F4A9A #4A2F9A #802F9A

triadic

#4A2F9A #9A4A2F #2F9A4A

tetradic

#4A2F9A #9A2F4A #7F9A2F #2F9A80

square

#4A2F9A #9A2F4A #7F9A2F #2F9A80

split-complementary

#4A2F9A #9A802F #4A9A2F

monochromatic

#1D123C #33216B #4A2F9A #6241C5 #8970D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4A2F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4A2F9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2F9A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2F9A	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 47, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.164 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846ab9',
    500: '#4a2f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2f9a;
$custom-light: #846ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.14,
    "s": 53.234,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40481,
    "c": 0.16427,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2F9A

secondary

#A6BB6A

accent

#DD4BB8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2F9A

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

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