#4C2CA1#4C2CA1

#4C2CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.176 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2CA1
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 72.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.19, 43.71, -58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.19, 72.78, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.0562 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.176 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3123, 5.9106, 34.3088)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.57

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2CA1 #81A12C

analogous

#2C47A1 #4C2CA1 #862CA1

triadic

#4C2CA1 #A14C2C #2CA14C

tetradic

#4C2CA1 #A12C47 #81A12C #2CA186

square

#4C2CA1 #A12C47 #81A12C #2CA186

split-complementary

#4C2CA1 #A1862C #47A12C

monochromatic

#1F1241 #351F71 #4C2CA1 #6640CB #8C70D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4C2CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4C2CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2CA1

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2CA1	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.176 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768be',
    500: '#4c2ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2ca1;
$custom-light: #8768be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.41,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40882,
    "c": 0.17638,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2CA1

secondary

#A8BF6A

accent

#E047B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2CA1

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

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