#4C2AA9#4C2AA9

#4C2AA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.188 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2AA9
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.55, 47.07, -62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.55, 78.18, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(41.37% 0.056 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(41.37% 0.188 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9678, 6.0564, 38.1195)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2AA9 #87A92A

analogous

#2A48A9 #4C2AA9 #8C2AA9

triadic

#4C2AA9 #A94C2A #2AA94C

tetradic

#4C2AA9 #A92A48 #87A92A #2AA98C

square

#4C2AA9 #A92A48 #87A92A #2AA98C

split-complementary

#4C2AA9 #A98C2A #48A92A

monochromatic

#201247 #361E78 #4C2AA9 #6741D0 #8E72DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#4C2AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4C2AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2AA9

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2AA9	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.188 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867c4',
    500: '#4c2aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2aa9;
$custom-light: #8867c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.063,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41368,
    "c": 0.18808,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2AA9

secondary

#ACC36C

accent

#E344B9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2AA9

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

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