#4C2AA3#4C2AA3

#4C2AA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.181 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2AA3
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 163)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 74.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, 45.34, -59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 74.97, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.8% 0.0575 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(40.8% 0.181 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4174, 5.8363, 35.2208)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.60

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2AA3 #81A32A

analogous

#2A44A3 #4C2AA3 #892AA3

triadic

#4C2AA3 #A34C2A #2AA34C

tetradic

#4C2AA3 #A32A44 #81A32A #2AA389

square

#4C2AA3 #A32A44 #81A32A #2AA389

split-complementary

#4C2AA3 #A3892A #44A32A

monochromatic

#1F1142 #351D72 #4C2AA3 #663DCD #8C6EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4C2AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4C2AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2AA3

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2AA3	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.181 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767bf',
    500: '#4c2aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2aa3;
$custom-light: #8767bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.86,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40803,
    "c": 0.181,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2AA3

secondary

#A8C068

accent

#E246B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2AA3

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

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