#4A3D97#4A3D97

#4A3D97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.142 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3D97
RGB	rgb(74, 61, 151)
HSL	hsl(249, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(249, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 59.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 30.32, -47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 56.56, 302.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.0373 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.142 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0770, 7.0272, 30.0976)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.13

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3D97 #8A973D

analogous

#3D5D97 #4A3D97 #773D97

triadic

#4A3D97 #974A3D #3D974A

tetradic

#4A3D97 #973D5D #8A973D #3D9777

square

#4A3D97 #973D5D #8A973D #3D9777

split-complementary

#4A3D97 #97773D #5D973D

monochromatic

#1F1A40 #352B6B #4A3D97 #6556BB #8D82CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#4A3D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4A3D97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3D97

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3D97	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 61, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.142 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8373b6',
    500: '#4a3d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3d97;
$custom-light: #8373b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.667,
    "s": 42.453,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42522,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3D97

secondary

#AEB779

accent

#D256C0

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0B0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3D97

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

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