#4A3299#4A3299

#4A3299 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.159 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3299
RGB	rgb(74, 50, 153)
HSL	hsl(254, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 67.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.50, 37.62, -52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.50, 64.84, 305.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.85% 0.049 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(40.85% 0.159 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7127, 6.0365, 30.7842)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3299 #819932

analogous

#324D99 #4A3299 #7E3299

triadic

#4A3299 #994A32 #32994A

tetradic

#4A3299 #99324D #819932 #32997E

square

#4A3299 #99324D #819932 #32997E

split-complementary

#4A3299 #997E32 #4D9932

monochromatic

#1D143D #34236B #4A3299 #6346C2 #8A74D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4A3299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4A3299 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3299

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3299	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 50, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.159 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846bb8',
    500: '#4a3299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3299;
$custom-light: #846bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.981,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40848,
    "c": 0.1592,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3299

secondary

#A8BA6D

accent

#DA4EB9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3299

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

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