#4A397D#4A397D

#4A397D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.111 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A397D
RGB	rgb(74, 57, 125)
HSL	hsl(255, 37%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(255, 54%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 54.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, 24.77, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 43.87, 304.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% 0.0418 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.111 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9878, 5.8626, 20.1088)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A397D #6C7D39

analogous

#394A7D #4A397D #6C397D

triadic

#4A397D #7D4A39 #397D4A

tetradic

#4A397D #7D394A #6C7D39 #397D6C

square

#4A397D #7D394A #6C7D39 #397D6C

split-complementary

#4A397D #7D6C39 #4A7D39

monochromatic

#181329 #312653 #4A397D #634CA7 #8572BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#4A397D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A397D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A397D

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A397D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A397D	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C457F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F437B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a397d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 57, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.111 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8070a3',
    500: '#4a397d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a397d;
$custom-light: #8070a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a397d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 37.363,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39866,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A397D

secondary

#98A86A

accent

#CD5AB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0A070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A397D

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

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