#4C2997#4C2997

#4C2997 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.168 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2997
RGB	rgb(76, 41, 151)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 72.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.73, 42.40, -54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.73, 69.03, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% 0.0611 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.168 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3578, 5.3564, 29.8130)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2997 #749729

analogous

#293D97 #4C2997 #832997

triadic

#4C2997 #974C29 #29974C

tetradic

#4C2997 #97293D #749729 #299783

square

#4C2997 #97293D #749729 #299783

split-complementary

#4C2997 #978329 #3D9729

monochromatic

#1C0F37 #341C67 #4C2997 #6436C7 #8965D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#4C2997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4C2997 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2997

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2997	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)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 41, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.168 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666b7',
    500: '#4c2997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2997;
$custom-light: #8666b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39573,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2997

secondary

#9EBB61

accent

#E147B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2997

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

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