#4C2AA0#4C2AA0

#4C2AA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.177 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2AA0
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 160)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 44.47, -58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 73.36, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% 0.0582 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.177 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1518, 5.7300, 33.8220)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2AA0 #7EA02A

analogous

#2A43A0 #4C2AA0 #872AA0

triadic

#4C2AA0 #A04C2A #2AA04C

tetradic

#4C2AA0 #A02A43 #7EA02A #2AA087

square

#4C2AA0 #A02A43 #7EA02A #2AA087

split-complementary

#4C2AA0 #A0872A #43A02A

monochromatic

#1E113F #351D70 #4C2AA0 #653CCC #8B6CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#4C2AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4C2AA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2AA0

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2AA0	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.177 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767bd',
    500: '#4c2aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2aa0;
$custom-light: #8767bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.288,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40525,
    "c": 0.17743,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2AA0

secondary

#A6BF67

accent

#E246B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2AA0

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

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