#4C2A99#4C2A99

#4C2A99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.169 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2A99
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 153)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 72.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.09, 42.45, -55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.09, 69.56, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(39.89% 0.0597 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(39.89% 0.169 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5566, 5.4920, 30.6873)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2A99 #77992A

analogous

#2A4099 #4C2A99 #832A99

triadic

#4C2A99 #994C2A #2A994C

tetradic

#4C2A99 #992A40 #77992A #2A9983

square

#4C2A99 #992A40 #77992A #2A9983

split-complementary

#4C2A99 #99832A #40992A

monochromatic

#1C1039 #341D69 #4C2A99 #6438C8 #8968D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#4C2A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4C2A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2A99

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2A99	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.169 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667b8',
    500: '#4c2a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2a99;
$custom-light: #8667b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.378,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39887,
    "c": 0.16903,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2A99

secondary

#A1BC63

accent

#E048B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2A99

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

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