#4C2AB3#4C2AB3

#4C2AB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.200 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2AB3
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 179)
HSL	hsl(255, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 76.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.51, 49.95, -66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.51, 83.43, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.0533 -0.1925)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.2 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9427, 6.4464, 43.2541)
Luminance	0.0645 (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

#4C2AB3 #91B32A

analogous

#2A4CB3 #4C2AB3 #912AB3

triadic

#4C2AB3 #B34C2A #2AB34C

tetradic

#4C2AB3 #B32A4C #91B32A #2AB391

square

#4C2AB3 #B32A4C #91B32A #2AB391

split-complementary

#4C2AB3 #B3912A #4CB32A

monochromatic

#221350 #371E81 #4C2AB3 #6A46D4 #9278DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#4C2AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4C2AB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2AB3

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2AB3	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.200 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68cb',
    500: '#4c2ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2ab3;
$custom-light: #8a68cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.891,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4233,
    "c": 0.19973,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2AB3

secondary

#B2C772

accent

#E543BD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2AB3

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

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