#4A3597#4A3597

#4A3597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.153 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3597
RGB	rgb(74, 53, 151)
HSL	hsl(253, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 64.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 35.23, -50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 61.81, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.16% 0.0461 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(41.16% 0.153 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6814, 6.2360, 29.9657)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.14

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3597 #829735

analogous

#355197 #4A3597 #7B3597

triadic

#4A3597 #974A35 #35974A

tetradic

#4A3597 #973551 #829735 #35977B

square

#4A3597 #973551 #829735 #35977B

split-complementary

#4A3597 #977B35 #519735

monochromatic

#1E153C #34256A #4A3597 #634ABF #8A77CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4A3597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4A3597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3597

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3597	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 53, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.153 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836db6',
    500: '#4a3597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3597;
$custom-light: #836db6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 48.039,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41155,
    "c": 0.15264,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3597

secondary

#A8B870

accent

#D850BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3597

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

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