#4A308E#4A308E

#4A308E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.148 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A308E
RGB	rgb(74, 48, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 66.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.17, 35.47, -48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.17, 59.86, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% 0.0525 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.148 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7621, 5.5224, 26.1902)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A308E #748E30

analogous

#30458E #4A308E #79308E

triadic

#4A308E #8E4A30 #308E4A

tetradic

#4A308E #8E3045 #748E30 #308E79

square

#4A308E #8E3045 #748E30 #308E79

split-complementary

#4A308E #8E7930 #458E30

monochromatic

#1A1133 #322160 #4A308E #623FBC #866BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#4A308E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4A308E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A308E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A308E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A308E	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a308e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 48, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.148 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ab0',
    500: '#4a308e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a308e;
$custom-light: #836ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a308e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.596,
    "s": 49.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39606,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A308E

secondary

#9FB465

accent

#D94FB3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A308E

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

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