#4C2AA1#4C2AA1

#4C2AA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.179 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2AA1
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 161)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 73.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 44.76, -58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 73.90, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.0579 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.179 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2396, 5.7652, 34.2846)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2AA1 #7FA12A

analogous

#2A43A1 #4C2AA1 #882AA1

triadic

#4C2AA1 #A14C2A #2AA14C

tetradic

#4C2AA1 #A12A43 #7FA12A #2AA188

square

#4C2AA1 #A12A43 #7FA12A #2AA188

split-complementary

#4C2AA1 #A1882A #43A12A

monochromatic

#1E1140 #351D70 #4C2AA1 #653CCC #8C6DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#4C2AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4C2AA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2AA1

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2AA1	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.179 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767be',
    500: '#4c2aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2aa1;
$custom-light: #8767be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40618,
    "c": 0.17862,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2AA1

secondary

#A6C067

accent

#E246B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2AA1

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

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