#4A309D#4A309D

#4A309D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.167 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A309D
RGB	rgb(74, 48, 157)
HSL	hsl(254, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 69.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.42, 39.98, -55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.42, 68.31, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0504 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.167 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9650, 6.0036, 32.5255)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A309D #839D30

analogous

#304C9D #4A309D #81309D

triadic

#4A309D #9D4A30 #309D4A

tetradic

#4A309D #9D304C #839D30 #309D81

square

#4A309D #9D304C #839D30 #309D81

split-complementary

#4A309D #9D8130 #4C9D30

monochromatic

#1E133F #34226E #4A309D #6344C6 #8A73D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#4A309D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4A309D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A309D

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A309D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A309D	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a309d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 48, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.167 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856abb',
    500: '#4a309d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a309d;
$custom-light: #856abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a309d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.312,
    "s": 53.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40893,
    "c": 0.16682,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A309D

secondary

#A9BC6D

accent

#DD4BBA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A309D

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

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