#4C2097#4C2097

#4C2097 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.178 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2097
RGB	rgb(76, 32, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 78.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 46.82, -57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 73.79, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0689 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.178 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0814, 4.8036, 29.7208)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2097 #6B9720

analogous

#202F97 #4C2097 #872097

triadic

#4C2097 #974C20 #20974C

tetradic

#4C2097 #97202F #6B9720 #209787

square

#4C2097 #97202F #6B9720 #209787

split-complementary

#4C2097 #978720 #2F9720

monochromatic

#190B32 #331564 #4C2097 #652BC9 #8756DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4C2097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4C2097 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2097

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2097	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 32, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.178 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661b7',
    500: '#4c2097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2097;
$custom-light: #8661b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.185,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38475,
    "c": 0.17761,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2097

secondary

#97BF54

accent

#E840AA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2097

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

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