#4C2995#4C2995

#4C2995 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.165 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2995
RGB	rgb(76, 41, 149)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 72.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 41.83, -53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 67.94, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% 0.0615 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.165 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1967, 5.2920, 28.9648)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2995 #729529

analogous

#293C95 #4C2995 #822995

triadic

#4C2995 #954C29 #29954C

tetradic

#4C2995 #95293C #729529 #299582

square

#4C2995 #95293C #729529 #299582

split-complementary

#4C2995 #958229 #3C9529

monochromatic

#1B0F35 #341C65 #4C2995 #6436C5 #8864D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#4C2995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4C2995 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2995

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2995	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 41, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.165 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566b5',
    500: '#4c2995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2995;
$custom-light: #8566b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.444,
    "s": 56.842,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39393,
    "c": 0.16539,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2995

secondary

#9DBA60

accent

#E048AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2995

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

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