#4C2AAE#4C2AAE

#4C2AAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.194 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2AAE
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 75.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.03, 48.51, -64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.03, 80.82, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.0547 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.194 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4461, 6.2478, 40.6390)
Luminance	0.0625 (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

#4C2AAE #8CAE2A

analogous

#2A4AAE #4C2AAE #8E2AAE

triadic

#4C2AAE #AE4C2A #2AAE4C

tetradic

#4C2AAE #AE2A4A #8CAE2A #2AAE8E

square

#4C2AAE #AE2A4A #8CAE2A #2AAE8E

split-complementary

#4C2AAE #AE8E2A #4AAE2A

monochromatic

#21124B #361E7D #4C2AAE #6843D2 #9075DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#4C2AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4C2AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2AAE

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2AAE	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.194 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968c7',
    500: '#4c2aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2aae;
$custom-light: #8968c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41846,
    "c": 0.19392,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2AAE

secondary

#AFC56F

accent

#E444BB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2AAE

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

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