#4C2899#4C2899

#4C2899 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.171 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2899
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 153)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 73.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.72, 43.49, -55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.72, 70.68, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(39.62% 0.0616 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(39.62% 0.171 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4874, 5.3536, 30.6643)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2899 #759928

analogous

#283D99 #4C2899 #842899

triadic

#4C2899 #994C28 #28994C

tetradic

#4C2899 #99283D #759928 #289984

square

#4C2899 #99283D #759928 #289984

split-complementary

#4C2899 #998428 #3D9928

monochromatic

#1C0F38 #341B68 #4C2899 #6435CA #8965D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#4C2899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4C2899 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2899

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2899	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.171 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b8',
    500: '#4c2899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2899;
$custom-light: #8665b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.115,
    "s": 58.549,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39622,
    "c": 0.17136,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2899

secondary

#9FBD60

accent

#E246B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2899

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

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