#4A398E#4A398E

#4A398E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.135 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A398E
RGB	rgb(74, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(252, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(252, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 59.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, 29.99, -44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 53.97, 303.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.12% 0.0421 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(41.12% 0.135 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1683, 6.3347, 26.3256)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A398E #7D8E39

analogous

#39538E #4A398E #75398E

triadic

#4A398E #8E4A39 #398E4A

tetradic

#4A398E #8E3953 #7D8E39 #398E75

square

#4A398E #8E3953 #7D8E39 #398E75

split-complementary

#4A398E #8E7539 #538E39

monochromatic

#1C1637 #332762 #4A398E #624DB7 #8978C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#4A398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4A398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A398E

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A398E	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.135 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8270b0',
    500: '#4a398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a398e;
$custom-light: #8270b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41115,
    "c": 0.13486,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A398E

secondary

#A5B271

accent

#D255B9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF5

border

#CAC7CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A398E

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

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