#4A359D#4A359D

#4A359D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.161 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A359D
RGB	rgb(74, 53, 157)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 66.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 37.09, -53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 65.22, 304.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.0454 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.161 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1811, 6.4359, 32.5975)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.26

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A359D #889D35

analogous

#35549D #4A359D #7E359D

triadic

#4A359D #9D4A35 #359D4A

tetradic

#4A359D #9D3554 #889D35 #359D7E

square

#4A359D #9D3554 #889D35 #359D7E

split-complementary

#4A359D #9D7E35 #549D35

monochromatic

#1F1641 #34266F #4A359D #644CC3 #8C7AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4A359D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4A359D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A359D

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A359D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A359D	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a359d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 53, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.161 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846ebb',
    500: '#4a359d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a359d;
$custom-light: #846ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a359d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.115,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4166,
    "c": 0.16051,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A359D

secondary

#ACBB73

accent

#D94FBD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A359D

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

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