#4C2BAE#4C2BAE

#4C2BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.193 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2BAE
RGB	rgb(76, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.20, 48.01, -64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.20, 80.29, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.0539 -0.1852)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.193 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4821, 6.3196, 40.6510)
Luminance	0.0632 (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

#4C2BAE #8DAE2B

analogous

#2B4BAE #4C2BAE #8E2BAE

triadic

#4C2BAE #AE4C2B #2BAE4C

tetradic

#4C2BAE #AE2B4B #8DAE2B #2BAE8E

square

#4C2BAE #AE2B4B #8DAE2B #2BAE8E

split-complementary

#4C2BAE #AE8E2B #4BAE2B

monochromatic

#21134C #371F7D #4C2BAE #6845D1 #9076DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#4C2BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4C2BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2BAE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2BAE	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.193 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968c7',
    500: '#4c2bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2bae;
$custom-light: #8968c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.115,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41969,
    "c": 0.19292,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2BAE

secondary

#AFC570

accent

#E444BB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2BAE

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

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