#4C2BA9#4C2BA9

#4C2BA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.187 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2BA9
RGB	rgb(76, 43, 169)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 74.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 46.56, -62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 77.64, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% 0.0552 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.187 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0037, 6.1282, 38.1315)
Luminance	0.0613 (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

#4C2BA9 #88A92B

analogous

#2B49A9 #4C2BA9 #8B2BA9

triadic

#4C2BA9 #A94C2B #2BA94C

tetradic

#4C2BA9 #A92B49 #88A92B #2BA98B

square

#4C2BA9 #A92B49 #88A92B #2BA98B

split-complementary

#4C2BA9 #A98B2B #49A92B

monochromatic

#201247 #361F78 #4C2BA9 #6742CF #8E73DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#4C2BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4C2BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2BA9

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2BA9	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 43, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.187 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868c4',
    500: '#4c2ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2ba9;
$custom-light: #8868c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.714,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41494,
    "c": 0.18703,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2BA9

secondary

#ACC36D

accent

#E345B9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2BA9

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

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