#4A309B#4A309B

#4A309B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.164 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A309B
RGB	rgb(74, 48, 155)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 69%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 39.38, -54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 67.20, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% 0.0507 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.164 288)
XYZ	xyz(9.7957, 5.9358, 31.6336)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A309B #819B30

analogous

#304C9B #4A309B #7F309B

triadic

#4A309B #9B4A30 #309B4A

tetradic

#4A309B #9B304C #819B30 #309B7F

square

#4A309B #9B304C #819B30 #309B7F

split-complementary

#4A309B #9B7F30 #4C9B30

monochromatic

#1D133E #34226C #4A309B #6343C5 #8A72D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4A309B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4A309B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A309B

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A309B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A309B	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a309b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 48, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.164 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846ab9',
    500: '#4a309b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a309b;
$custom-light: #846ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a309b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.579,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40717,
    "c": 0.16429,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.05936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A309B

secondary

#A8BB6C

accent

#DC4CB9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A309B

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

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