#4C29A4#4C29A4

#4C29A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.183 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C29A4
RGB	rgb(76, 41, 164)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 75%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.91, 46.13, -60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.91, 76.05, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.058 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.183 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4723, 5.8022, 35.6829)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C29A4 #81A429

analogous

#2944A4 #4C29A4 #8929A4

triadic

#4C29A4 #A44C29 #29A44C

tetradic

#4C29A4 #A42944 #81A429 #29A489

square

#4C29A4 #A42944 #81A429 #29A489

split-complementary

#4C29A4 #A48929 #44A429

monochromatic

#1F1142 #351D73 #4C29A4 #663CCE #8C6DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4C29A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4C29A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C29A4

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C29A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C29A4	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c29a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 41, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.183 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867c0',
    500: '#4c29a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c29a4;
$custom-light: #8867c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c29a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.073,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4077,
    "c": 0.18326,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C29A4

secondary

#A8C168

accent

#E345B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C29A4

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

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