#4C29A2#4C29A2

#4C29A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.181 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C29A2
RGB	rgb(76, 41, 162)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 74.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 45.56, -59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 74.98, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.58% 0.0585 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(40.58% 0.181 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2931, 5.7305, 34.7392)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.85

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C29A2 #7FA229

analogous

#2943A2 #4C29A2 #8829A2

triadic

#4C29A2 #A24C29 #29A24C

tetradic

#4C29A2 #A22943 #7FA229 #29A288

square

#4C29A2 #A22943 #7FA229 #29A288

split-complementary

#4C29A2 #A28829 #43A229

monochromatic

#1E1040 #351D71 #4C29A2 #653BCD #8C6CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#4C29A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4C29A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C29A2

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C29A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C29A2	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c29a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 41, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.181 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766bf',
    500: '#4c29a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c29a2;
$custom-light: #8766bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c29a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.355,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40582,
    "c": 0.18091,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C29A2

secondary

#A6C067

accent

#E345B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C29A2

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

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