#4C2A9D#4C2A9D

#4C2A9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.174 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2A9D
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 157)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, 43.60, -56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 71.74, 307.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.25% 0.0589 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(40.25% 0.174 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.8925, 5.6263, 32.4565)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2A9D #7B9D2A

analogous

#2A429D #4C2A9D #862A9D

triadic

#4C2A9D #9D4C2A #2A9D4C

tetradic

#4C2A9D #9D2A42 #7B9D2A #2A9D86

square

#4C2A9D #9D2A42 #7B9D2A #2A9D86

split-complementary

#4C2A9D #9D862A #429D2A

monochromatic

#1D103C #351D6D #4C2A9D #653ACA #8A6AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#4C2A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4C2A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2A9D

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2A9D	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.174 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667bb',
    500: '#4c2a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2a9d;
$custom-light: #8667bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.739,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4025,
    "c": 0.17385,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2A9D

secondary

#A4BE65

accent

#E147B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2A9D

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

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