#4C2BA2#4C2BA2

#4C2BA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.179 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2BA2
RGB	rgb(76, 43, 162)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 73.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.09, 44.53, -58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.09, 73.88, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% 0.0568 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.179 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3640, 5.8724, 34.7628)
Luminance	0.0587 (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

#4C2BA2 #81A22B

analogous

#2B45A2 #4C2BA2 #882BA2

triadic

#4C2BA2 #A24C2B #2BA24C

tetradic

#4C2BA2 #A22B45 #81A22B #2BA288

square

#4C2BA2 #A22B45 #81A22B #2BA288

split-complementary

#4C2BA2 #A2882B #45A22B

monochromatic

#1F1141 #351E72 #4C2BA2 #663ECC #8C6FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4C2BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4C2BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2BA2

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2BA2	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)

#0047A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 43, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.179 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768bf',
    500: '#4c2ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2ba2;
$custom-light: #8768bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.639,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40841,
    "c": 0.17871,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2BA2

secondary

#A8C069

accent

#E147B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2BA2

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