#4A3099#4A3099

#4A3099 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.162 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3099
RGB	rgb(74, 48, 153)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 68.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 38.78, -53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 66.08, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.051 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.162 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6291, 5.8692, 30.7563)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3099 #7F9930

analogous

#304B99 #4A3099 #7F3099

triadic

#4A3099 #994A30 #30994A

tetradic

#4A3099 #99304B #7F9930 #30997F

square

#4A3099 #99304B #7F9930 #30997F

split-complementary

#4A3099 #997F30 #4B9930

monochromatic

#1D133C #33216A #4A3099 #6242C4 #8971D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4A3099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A3099 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3099

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3099	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 48, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.162 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846ab8',
    500: '#4a3099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3099;
$custom-light: #846ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.857,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40542,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3099

secondary

#A6BA6B

accent

#DC4CB8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3099

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

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