#4C2A8D#4C2A8D

#4C2A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.154 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2A8D
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 70.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 38.99, -49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 62.94, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.062 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.154 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6149, 5.1153, 25.7276)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2A8D #6B8D2A

analogous

#2A398D #4C2A8D #7D2A8D

triadic

#4C2A8D #8D4C2A #2A8D4C

tetradic

#4C2A8D #8D2A39 #6B8D2A #2A8D7D

square

#4C2A8D #8D2A39 #6B8D2A #2A8D7D

split-complementary

#4C2A8D #8D7D2A #398D2A

monochromatic

#190E2F #331C5E #4C2A8D #6538BC #8761D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4C2A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4C2A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2A8D

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2A8D	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.154 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466af',
    500: '#4c2a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2a8d;
$custom-light: #8466af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.606,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38831,
    "c": 0.15439,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2A8D

secondary

#97B65D

accent

#DD4AAB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2A8D

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

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