#4C2A9E#4C2A9E

#4C2A9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.175 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2A9E
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 73.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 43.89, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 72.28, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(40.34% 0.0586 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(40.34% 0.175 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9782, 5.6606, 32.9080)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2A9E #7C9E2A

analogous

#2A429E #4C2A9E #862A9E

triadic

#4C2A9E #9E4C2A #2A9E4C

tetradic

#4C2A9E #9E2A42 #7C9E2A #2A9E86

square

#4C2A9E #9E2A42 #7C9E2A #2A9E86

split-complementary

#4C2A9E #9E862A #429E2A

monochromatic

#1D103D #351D6E #4C2A9E #653ACB #8B6BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4C2A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4C2A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2A9E

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2A9E	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.175 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767bc',
    500: '#4c2a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2a9e;
$custom-light: #8767bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.586,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40341,
    "c": 0.17505,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2A9E

secondary

#A4BE66

accent

#E147B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2A9E

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

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