#4A338A#4A338A

#4A338A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.138 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A338A
RGB	rgb(74, 51, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 63%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 32.46, -45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 55.62, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.77% 0.0494 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(39.77% 0.138 291)
XYZ	xyz(8.5940, 5.6582, 24.6792)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A338A #738A33

analogous

#33488A #4A338A #76338A

triadic

#4A338A #8A4A33 #338A4A

tetradic

#4A338A #8A3348 #738A33 #338A76

square

#4A338A #8A3348 #738A33 #338A76

split-complementary

#4A338A #8A7633 #488A33

monochromatic

#1A1231 #32225D #4A338A #6244B7 #866EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4A338A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4A338A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A338A

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A338A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A338A	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a338a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 51, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.138 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826cad',
    500: '#4a338a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a338a;
$custom-light: #826cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a338a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.862,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39769,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.05658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A338A

secondary

#9EB167

accent

#D652B3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A338A

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

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