#4A2F9F#4A2F9F

#4A2F9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.171 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2F9F
RGB	rgb(74, 47, 159)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 70.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.39, 41.15, -56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.39, 70.02, 305.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% 0.0509 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.171 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0967, 5.9916, 33.4186)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2F9F #849F2F

analogous

#2F4C9F #4A2F9F #822F9F

triadic

#4A2F9F #9F4A2F #2F9F4A

tetradic

#4A2F9F #9F2F4C #849F2F #2F9F82

square

#4A2F9F #9F2F4C #849F2F #2F9F82

split-complementary

#4A2F9F #9F822F #4C9F2F

monochromatic

#1E1341 #342170 #4A2F9F #6344C8 #8B73D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#4A2F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4A2F9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2F9F

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2F9F	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 47, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.171 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856abc',
    500: '#4a2f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2f9f;
$custom-light: #856abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.464,
    "s": 54.369,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40925,
    "c": 0.17053,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2F9F

secondary

#AABD6D

accent

#DE4ABA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2F9F

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

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