#4C2991#4C2991

#4C2991 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.161 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2991
RGB	rgb(76, 41, 145)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, 40.68, -51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 65.74, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% 0.0623 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.161 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8828, 5.1664, 27.3118)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2991 #6E9129

analogous

#293A91 #4C2991 #802991

triadic

#4C2991 #914C29 #29914C

tetradic

#4C2991 #91293A #6E9129 #299180

square

#4C2991 #91293A #6E9129 #299180

split-complementary

#4C2991 #918029 #3A9129

monochromatic

#1A0E32 #331C61 #4C2991 #6536C1 #8862D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#4C2991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4C2991 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2991

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2991	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 41, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.161 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566b2',
    500: '#4c2991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2991;
$custom-light: #8566b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.192,
    "s": 55.914,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39039,
    "c": 0.16055,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2991

secondary

#9AB85D

accent

#DF49AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2991

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

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