#4C2CA0#4C2CA0

#4C2CA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.175 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2CA0
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 160)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, 43.42, -57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 72.23, 306.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.79% 0.0564 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(40.79% 0.175 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2245, 5.8755, 33.8462)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2CA0 #80A02C

analogous

#2C46A0 #4C2CA0 #862CA0

triadic

#4C2CA0 #A04C2C #2CA04C

tetradic

#4C2CA0 #A02C46 #80A02C #2CA086

square

#4C2CA0 #A02C46 #80A02C #2CA086

split-complementary

#4C2CA0 #A0862C #46A02C

monochromatic

#1E1240 #351F70 #4C2CA0 #653FCA #8C6FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4C2CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4C2CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2CA0

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2CA0	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.175 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768bd',
    500: '#4c2ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2ca0;
$custom-light: #8768bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40791,
    "c": 0.17517,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2CA0

secondary

#A7BF69

accent

#E048B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2CA0

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