#4C2C99#4C2C99

#4C2C99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.167 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2C99
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 153)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 41.37, -54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 68.40, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0578 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.167 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6293, 5.6374, 30.7116)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2C99 #79992C

analogous

#2C4299 #4C2C99 #822C99

triadic

#4C2C99 #994C2C #2C994C

tetradic

#4C2C99 #992C42 #79992C #2C9982

square

#4C2C99 #992C42 #79992C #2C9982

split-complementary

#4C2C99 #99822C #42992C

monochromatic

#1D113A #341E69 #4C2C99 #643BC7 #8A6BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4C2C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4C2C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2C99

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2C99	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.167 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668b8',
    500: '#4c2c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2c99;
$custom-light: #8668b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.615,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40161,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2C99

secondary

#A2BB66

accent

#DF49B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2C99

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

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