#4C2C9F#4C2C9F

#4C2C9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.174 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2C9F
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 159)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.01, 43.12, -57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.01, 71.69, 306.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.0566 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.174 289)
XYZ	xyz(10.1374, 5.8406, 33.3874)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2C9F #7F9F2C

analogous

#2C459F #4C2C9F #862C9F

triadic

#4C2C9F #9F4C2C #2C9F4C

tetradic

#4C2C9F #9F2C45 #7F9F2C #2C9F86

square

#4C2C9F #9F2C45 #7F9F2C #2C9F86

split-complementary

#4C2C9F #9F862C #459F2C

monochromatic

#1E113F #351F6F #4C2C9F #653ECA #8C6ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4C2C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4C2C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2C9F

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2C9F	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.174 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768bc',
    500: '#4c2c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2c9f;
$custom-light: #8768bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.696,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.407,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.05841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2C9F

secondary

#A6BE69

accent

#E048B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2C9F

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

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