#4C2BA3#4C2BA3

#4C2BA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.180 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2BA3
RGB	rgb(76, 43, 163)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 73.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.18, 44.82, -59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.18, 74.42, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.0566 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.18 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4533, 5.9081, 35.2328)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.47

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2BA3 #82A32B

analogous

#2B46A3 #4C2BA3 #882BA3

triadic

#4C2BA3 #A34C2B #2BA34C

tetradic

#4C2BA3 #A32B46 #82A32B #2BA388

square

#4C2BA3 #A32B46 #82A32B #2BA388

split-complementary

#4C2BA3 #A3882B #46A32B

monochromatic

#1F1142 #351E73 #4C2BA3 #663FCC #8C6FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#4C2BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4C2BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2BA3

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2BA3	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 43, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.180 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768bf',
    500: '#4c2ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2ba3;
$custom-light: #8768bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.5,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40933,
    "c": 0.17991,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2BA3

secondary

#A8C06A

accent

#E146B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2BA3

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

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