#4C2AA4#4C2AA4

#4C2AA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.182 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2AA4
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.09, 45.62, -60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.09, 75.51, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0572 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.182 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5073, 5.8723, 35.6946)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.49

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2AA4 #82A42A

analogous

#2A45A4 #4C2AA4 #892AA4

triadic

#4C2AA4 #A44C2A #2AA44C

tetradic

#4C2AA4 #A42A45 #82A42A #2AA489

square

#4C2AA4 #A42A45 #82A42A #2AA489

split-complementary

#4C2AA4 #A4892A #45A42A

monochromatic

#1F1143 #351E73 #4C2AA4 #663ECD #8C6EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4C2AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4C2AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2AA4

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2AA4	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.182 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767c0',
    500: '#4c2aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2aa4;
$custom-light: #8767c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.721,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40897,
    "c": 0.18218,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2AA4

secondary

#A8C169

accent

#E245B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2AA4

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

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