#4C2BAA#4C2BAA

#4C2BAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.188 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2BAA
RGB	rgb(76, 43, 170)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 46.85, -62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 78.17, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% 0.0549 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.188 287)
XYZ	xyz(11.0979, 6.1659, 38.6278)
Luminance	0.0617 (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

#4C2BAA #89AA2B

analogous

#2B49AA #4C2BAA #8C2BAA

triadic

#4C2BAA #AA4C2B #2BAA4C

tetradic

#4C2BAA #AA2B49 #89AA2B #2BAA8C

square

#4C2BAA #AA2B49 #89AA2B #2BAA8C

split-complementary

#4C2BAA #AA8C2B #49AA2B

monochromatic

#201248 #361F79 #4C2BAA #6743CF #8F74DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4C2BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4C2BAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2BAA

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2BAA	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 43, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.188 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868c4',
    500: '#4c2baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2baa;
$custom-light: #8868c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.591,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41589,
    "c": 0.18821,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.06167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2BAA

secondary

#ADC36E

accent

#E345BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2BAA

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

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