#4A405F#4A405F

#4A405F is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.053 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A405F
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 95)
HSL	hsl(259, 19%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(259, 33%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 32.6%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.28, 11.59, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.28, 20.40, 304.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.0254 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.053 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7225, 5.9488, 11.6183)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A405F #555F40

analogous

#40455F #4A405F #59405F

triadic

#4A405F #5F4A40 #405F4A

tetradic

#4A405F #5F4045 #555F40 #405F59

square

#4A405F #5F4045 #555F40 #405F59

split-complementary

#4A405F #5F5940 #455F40

monochromatic

#110F16 #2E273A #4A405F #665984 #8576A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#4A405F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4A405F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A405F

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A405F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A405F	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B455E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46454B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a405f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.053 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d748c',
    500: '#4a405f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a405f;
$custom-light: #7d748c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a405f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 19.497,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39488,
    "c": 0.05281,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A405F

secondary

#838F6C

accent

#BC6CA2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09080C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A405F

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

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