#4A2FA5#4A2FA5

#4A2FA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.178 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2FA5
RGB	rgb(74, 47, 165)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 71.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 42.95, -59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 73.31, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% 0.0498 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.178 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6301, 6.2049, 36.2276)
Luminance	0.0621 (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

#4A2FA5 #8AA52F

analogous

#2F4FA5 #4A2FA5 #852FA5

triadic

#4A2FA5 #A54A2F #2FA54A

tetradic

#4A2FA5 #A52F4F #8AA52F #2FA585

square

#4A2FA5 #A52F4F #8AA52F #2FA585

split-complementary

#4A2FA5 #A5852F #4FA52F

monochromatic

#1F1446 #352175 #4A2FA5 #6547CB #8D76D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4A2FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4A2FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2FA5

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2FA5	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 47, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.178 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ac1',
    500: '#4a2fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2fa5;
$custom-light: #866ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.729,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41469,
    "c": 0.17794,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2FA5

secondary

#AEC070

accent

#DF49BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2FA5

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

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