#4A359B#4A359B

#4A359B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.158 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A359B
RGB	rgb(74, 53, 155)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 65.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 36.47, -52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 64.08, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% 0.0457 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.158 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0118, 6.3681, 31.7056)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.55

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A359B #869B35

analogous

#35539B #4A359B #7D359B

triadic

#4A359B #9B4A35 #359B4A

tetradic

#4A359B #9B3553 #869B35 #359B7D

square

#4A359B #9B3553 #869B35 #359B7D

split-complementary

#4A359B #9B7D35 #539B35

monochromatic

#1E1640 #34256D #4A359B #644CC2 #8B79D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4A359B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4A359B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A359B

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A359B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A359B	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a359b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 53, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.158 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846db9',
    500: '#4a359b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a359b;
$custom-light: #846db9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a359b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.353,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4149,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A359B

secondary

#ABBA72

accent

#D94FBC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A359B

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

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