#4C2990#4C2990

#4C2990 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.159 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2990
RGB	rgb(76, 41, 144)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 71.5%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.12, 40.40, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.12, 65.19, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.0625 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.159 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8061, 5.1357, 26.9075)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2990 #6D9029

analogous

#293A90 #4C2990 #802990

triadic

#4C2990 #904C29 #29904C

tetradic

#4C2990 #90293A #6D9029 #299080

square

#4C2990 #90293A #6D9029 #299080

split-complementary

#4C2990 #908029 #3A9029

monochromatic

#1A0E31 #331B60 #4C2990 #6537C0 #8861D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#4C2990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4C2990 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2990

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2990	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 41, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.159 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566b1',
    500: '#4c2990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2990;
$custom-light: #8566b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.388,
    "s": 55.676,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38951,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2990

secondary

#99B85D

accent

#DF49AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2990

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

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