#4C20AE#4C20AE

#4C20AE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.203 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C20AE
RGB	rgb(76, 32, 174)
HSL	hsl(259, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 81.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, 53.08, -67.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 85.67, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0614 -0.1936)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.203 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.1347, 5.6249, 40.5352)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C20AE #82AE20

analogous

#203BAE #4C20AE #9320AE

triadic

#4C20AE #AE4C20 #20AE4C

tetradic

#4C20AE #AE203B #82AE20 #20AE93

square

#4C20AE #AE203B #82AE20 #20AE93

split-complementary

#4C20AE #AE9320 #3BAE20

monochromatic

#1F0D47 #35167A #4C20AE #6632D9 #8C66E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#4C20AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4C20AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C20AE

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C20AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C20AE	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c20ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 32, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.203 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62c7',
    500: '#4c20ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c20ae;
$custom-light: #8a62c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c20ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.592,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40743,
    "c": 0.20308,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C20AE

secondary

#A8C862

accent

#EC3CB5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C20AE

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

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