#4C299E#4C299E

#4C299E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.176 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C299E
RGB	rgb(76, 41, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 44.41, -57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 72.83, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% 0.0595 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.176 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9432, 5.5906, 32.8963)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C299E #7B9E29

analogous

#29419E #4C299E #87299E

triadic

#4C299E #9E4C29 #299E4C

tetradic

#4C299E #9E2941 #7B9E29 #299E87

square

#4C299E #9E2941 #7B9E29 #299E87

split-complementary

#4C299E #9E8729 #419E29

monochromatic

#1D103D #351C6D #4C299E #6539CC #8A69D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#4C299E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4C299E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C299E

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C299E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C299E	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c299e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 41, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.176 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766bc',
    500: '#4c299e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c299e;
$custom-light: #8766bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c299e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.949,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40211,
    "c": 0.17617,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C299E

secondary

#A4BF64

accent

#E246B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C299E

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

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