#4A3497#4A3497

#4A3497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.154 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3497
RGB	rgb(74, 52, 151)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 65.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.78, 35.83, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.78, 62.45, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% 0.0472 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.154 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6363, 6.1458, 29.9507)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3497 #819734

analogous

#345097 #4A3497 #7B3497

triadic

#4A3497 #974A34 #34974A

tetradic

#4A3497 #973450 #819734 #34977B

square

#4A3497 #973450 #819734 #34977B

split-complementary

#4A3497 #977B34 #509734

monochromatic

#1D153C #342469 #4A3497 #6348C0 #8A76D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#4A3497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4A3497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3497

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3497	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 52, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.154 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846db6',
    500: '#4a3497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3497;
$custom-light: #846db6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 48.768,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40994,
    "c": 0.15399,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3497

secondary

#A8B86F

accent

#D84FBA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3497

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

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