#4C2AA2#4C2AA2

#4C2AA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.180 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2AA2
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 74.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.90, 45.05, -59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.90, 74.44, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.71% 0.0577 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(40.71% 0.18 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3281, 5.8006, 34.7508)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.72

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2AA2 #80A22A

analogous

#2A44A2 #4C2AA2 #882AA2

triadic

#4C2AA2 #A24C2A #2AA24C

tetradic

#4C2AA2 #A22A44 #80A22A #2AA288

square

#4C2AA2 #A22A44 #80A22A #2AA288

split-complementary

#4C2AA2 #A2882A #44A22A

monochromatic

#1E1141 #351D71 #4C2AA2 #653DCD #8C6DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4C2AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4C2AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2AA2

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2AA2	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.180 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767bf',
    500: '#4c2aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2aa2;
$custom-light: #8767bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4071,
    "c": 0.17982,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2AA2

secondary

#A7C068

accent

#E246B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2AA2

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

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