#4C2AAD#4C2AAD

#4C2AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.193 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2AAD
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 173)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 75.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.93, 48.22, -64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.93, 80.29, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.0549 -0.1848)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.193 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3490, 6.2089, 40.1275)
Luminance	0.0621 (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

#4C2AAD #8BAD2A

analogous

#2A49AD #4C2AAD #8E2AAD

triadic

#4C2AAD #AD4C2A #2AAD4C

tetradic

#4C2AAD #AD2A49 #8BAD2A #2AAD8E

square

#4C2AAD #AD2A49 #8BAD2A #2AAD8E

split-complementary

#4C2AAD #AD8E2A #49AD2A

monochromatic

#21124B #361E7C #4C2AAD #6843D1 #8F74DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4C2AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4C2AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2AAD

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2AAD	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.193 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968c7',
    500: '#4c2aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2aad;
$custom-light: #8968c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.573,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4175,
    "c": 0.19276,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2AAD

secondary

#AEC56E

accent

#E444BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2AAD

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

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